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arts + design + health innovation

Operating within the College of Arts and Architecture Research Office, ADRI seeks to improve lives through research and application of arts and design practices to health and well-being. In keeping with goals outlined in the College’s strategic plan, ADRI projects are typically collaborative and interdisciplinary in nature, push methodological boundaries, link research and teaching, make innovative use of technology, and engage with university-wide research initiatives and priorities. ADRI also coordinates and hosts a range of programming designed to foster, support, and broadly disseminate innovative arts, design, and health-focused research and practice.

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News from A&A

Spivey and Trost named voice pedagogy award recipients

Established in 1944, NATS is the largest organization of teachers of singing in the world.

Norman Spivey, professor of voice and voice pedagogy, and Jennifer Trost, professor of voice, have been named by The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) as recipients of the


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Interim architecture department head to retire after 35 years at Penn State

Dan Willis, interim department head and professor of architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School, is retiring June 30 after 35 years at Penn State.
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From Bach to Brass and Janáček to Jazz: Penn’s Woods Music Festival June 11-24

The Penn's Woods Music Festival kicks off on June 11 with the free Music in the Gardens concert, followed by chamber ensemble, jazz and Festival Orchestra concerts through June 24.
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