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Shanghai International Film Festival, June 14-22 To most Western audiences, Chinese cinema means Jackie Chan's goofball chop-socky or the high-wire fighting of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Get the bigger picture at the festival in Shanghai, the historical hub of China's film industry. The country's only international film festival celebrates foreign fare, but its main goal is to help launch the careers of young Chinese actors and filmmakers. Expect to see lots of melancholy love affairs and bizarre comedies. Karate? Not so much...
...Hedonic Psychology Lab, the hub of this beloved pursuit, allows Gilbert to explore the questions he’s constantly asking...
...these IT people who looked so smart and spoke perfect English," she says, "And I realized that my MCA [master's degree in Computer Applications] was not going to be enough." Her college in Nagpur - the giant city in central India that is a political and economic hub but has not acquired the cultural cosmopolitanism of Mumbai - had given her the technical qualifications that attract recruiters, "but I didn't have much self-confidence, and my English was a big problem." That's what brought her to one of the many finishing schools mushrooming in Bangalore. Six months...
Inside the creative hub of Ratti, the modern, laboratory-like offices are divided into two sections. The research area is remarkable for its pile of fabrics, ranging from a new camouflage design on organic cotton to a tricked-up tweed for Chanel. Several women discuss the properties of swatches while others sit at their desks talking to clients...
...find it roped off with security tape and evacuated. Dean Michael D. Smith’s announcement reassured students that while the closure was due to a chemical spill, classes would be able to resume as usual later that afternoon. The Science Center has long been a central hub for students and faculty alike. A testament to man’s scientific endeavors, it is a model of efficiency and progress. Surely, here, in this sanctified site of reason and cutting-edge scientific progress, we can find the cure for AIDS, feed the world, and map the genome of every...