Musicology in the World
Ivory Tower Values Are Keeping New Music Inaccessible and Unaffordable (7/16/2025)
I Care If You Listen engages debates over equity and access in the new music community. Read more
How a Terrible War Injury Led to the Birth of One-Handed Piano Music (7/16/2025)
After losing his arm in the WWI, pianist Paul Wittgenstein commissioned extraordinary new works that he could perform with just his left hand. Read more.
Conference Report: Early Recordings Association Conference 2025 (7/17/2025)
The Early Recordings Association hosted its 2025 conference in early July at the University of Surrey, Guildford. Read more.
Catalyst Guide: Orchestras in Health and Wellness (7/18/2025)
League of American Orchestras provides a “catalyst guide” examining best practices for arts programming focused on health, wellbeing, and community building. Read more.
Change Ringers Find Math and Sport in Music (7/20/2025)
Early Music America considers the convergence of music, math, and sport in change ringing. Read more.
Understanding How Taylor Swift Constructs Her Songs Helps Explain Her Popularity (7/23/2025)
Alexander Carpenter assesses Taylor Swift’s phenomenal popularity. Read more.
New Opera Spotlights Dolores Huerta’s Farmworker Legacy (7/24/2025)
Read more about West Opera Edge’s world premiere production of Dolores.
Prospects for Young Bow Makers, Repairers, and Restorers Set to Change (7/25/2025)
With bow making on the “red list” of endangered crafts in the UK, what’s the outlook for new students looking to become bow makers, repairers, and restorers? Read more.
Online Streaming’s Environmental Footprint Increases (7/28/2025)
Spotify has 675 million active users. As it expands into video, the app’s environmental footprint is set to increase. Read more.
Thomas Forrest Kelly Discusses “Life as a Double Agent” (7/28/2025)
Thomas Forest Kelly discusses his multifaceted career as a musicologist and performer. Read more.
Computational Musicology Tracks the Changing Sound of Rock Bands (7/31/2025)
Nick Collins of Durham University uses computational modeling to track which bands have changed their music the most. Read more.
Beginner’s Gluck: How the Composer and a Castrato Changed Opera (8/12/2025)
Over 250 years after Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice presented opera in a new way, an acrobatic staging aims to do the same. Read more.
A K-Pop Girl Group Hits Number One for the First Time (8/13/2025)
The members of HUNTR/X—the fictional K-pop group made up of nonfictional singers—have just become the first women K-pop artists ever to hit number one. Read more.
Higher Ed News
Confused and Ambivalent: Scholarly Authors and Creative Commons Licenses (7/15/2025)
Read more at The Scholarly Kitchen.
In Extraordinary Deal With Trump, Columbia University Agrees to Pay $200 Million to Restore Funds (7/23/2025)
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Students See Internships as Must-Haves (7/25/2025)
A new survey from Strada finds that graduating students believe internship experiences are instrumental in their career progression. Read more.
Where to Draw the Line on DEI? This University Is Asking a Lawyer (7/25/2025)
How Virginia Commonwealth University went from all-in on diversity to auditing it. Read more.
Johns Hopkins Press Plans to License Books to Train AI (7/25/2025)
The publisher did not disclose which AI company or companies it’s partnering with, but expects any resulting revenue to be meaningful in advancing its mission. Read more.
Justice Department Declares DEI Unlawful (7/30/2025)
The nine-page memo builds on the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Read more.
Society Publishers at a Crossroads: New Evidence of an Accelerating Crisis (7/30/2025)
Read more at The Scholarly Kitchen.
AI Skills Needed in Many Postgrad Careers—Not Just Tech (8/1/2025)
More companies are seeking employees with experience using artificial intelligence tools outside of traditional computer science or IT fields. Read more.
Bleak Job Landscape for Today’s Degree Holder (8/4/2025)
Thanks to AI and changing hiring trends, bachelor’s degree holders are seeing worsening employment outcomes. Read more.
From Ivory Tower to Editorial Desk: Navigating the Leap from Academia to Scholarly Publishing (8/6/2025)
Read more at The Scholarly Kitchen.
After Months of Lawsuits, Courts Stymie Some of Trump’s Higher Ed Agenda (8/12/2025)
Despite victories at the district and appellate level, higher education advocates remain cautious as the Supreme Court sides with Trump. Read more.
ACLS Launches New Doctoral Futures Initiative to Assess and Reimagine Humanities Graduate Education (8/13/2025)
The three-Year collaboration with the AHA, MLA, and Society of Biblical Literature aims to identify new approaches for humanities PhD programs. Read more.
Education Department’s Anti-DEI Guidance Struck Down in Federal Court (8/15/2025)
A federal judge ruled that the agency didn’t follow the right steps to issue the Feb. 14 letter and that it violated free speech and due process rights. Read more.
