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The Art of Filmmaking: Seeing the World Through Others’ Eyes

main_image_filmmaking.jpgA 16-year-old girl spars in the boxing ring. A Catholic nun examines patients in a rural health clinic. A woman looks back on her life as a man. People with disabilities create art with found objects. We see their worlds in student films from Stanford's award-winning graduate program in documentary film and video. With support from the Stanford Arts Initiative, the program is expanding to include an undergraduate major in Film and Media Studies.

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Mystery behind music-induced shivers

singer.JPGWhy are opera singers' voices so distinctive and powerful? Why can we pick them out against the sound of more than 100 accompanying instruments?

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