Traveling Through the Arts

Cancer and the arts: metastasis—as perceived through the ages

Creative Thinking and Expression: Communicating through the Arts

hildren are born with an incredible capacity and desire to learn. Over 30 years of research confirms the foundational importance of early education and care for children's school and life success. It is essential, then, that students' first school experiences are robust ones, steeped in expectations that develop critical thinking and problem solving skills, a deep understanding about themselves...

The mitochondrial ARTS protein promotes apoptosis through targeting XIAP.

ARTS is an unusual septin-like mitochondrial protein that was originally shown to mediate TGF-beta-induced apoptosis. Recently, we found that ARTS is also important for cell killing by other pro-apoptotic factors, such as arabinoside, etoposide, staurosporine and Fas. In Drosophila, the IAP antagonists Reaper, Hid and Grim are essential for the induction of virtually all apoptotic cell death. W...

Learning In and Through the Arts: Curriculum Implications

Promoting conservation through the arts: outreach for hearts and minds.

Emotions play a central role in the decisions we make. For example, we often make poor investment choices because we are driven by our emotions rather than rational judgment (Tversky & Kahneman 1991). On the positive side, when emotional input is added to learning experiences, it makes them more memorable and exciting. The brain deems the information more important and enhances memory of the ev...