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An animated globe is wrapped around by a long filmstrip amongst a purple background.

‘La dolce vita’: Decadence, disillusionment and denial

Emmett Chung
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Dec. 4
Culture
Four actors stand between pillars and smoke in the department of Theater and Performance Studies' production of "Julius Caesar."

Gender and media in politics through ‘Julius Caesar’

Alexa Figueroa
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March 12, 2023
Research
Induced pluripotent stem cells are famous for their ability to become any cell in the human body. Our roundup this week highlights research that investigated the effects of low gravity in space on human heart muscle cells aboard the International Space Station. (Photo: Courtesy of NASA)

Research Roundup: Heart muscle cells in space, genetic history of Rome, eating disorders

Derek Chen
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Nov. 10, 2019
"Baby," an Italian soap opera available on Netflix, glamorizes prostitution (courtesy of Netflix).

‘Baby’ is soapy and unsettling

Juan Fueyo-Gomez
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Feb. 7, 2019
The San Francisco Opera presents Puccini's "Tosca" (CORY WEAVER/San Francisco Opera).

Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ is melodramatic and moving

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 25, 2018
“Ambition's debt is paid!” proclaims Brutus (Danforth Comins, with knife) after the assassination of Caesar (Armando Durán, in chair), with Metellus Cimber (Ted Deasy), Cassius (Rodney Gardiner) and Caska (Stephen Michael Spencer) in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2017 production of 'Julius Caesar' (Photo by Jenny Graham).

OSF pt. 1: Shaking up Shakespeare with ‘Henry IV, Part 1’ and ‘Julius Caesar’

Olivia Popp
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Aug. 10, 2017
Jan Muller's "Apotheosis of the Arts." Courtesy of Cantor Arts Center

‘Myth, Allegory and Faith’: The body as narrative

Eric Huang
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Feb. 19, 2016
The Stanford Daily

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