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“CONTACT,” a video game that allows players to experience and learn about bacteria communities as if they were looking into a microscope: This immersive video game is developed by Andrew Hieronymi, associate professor in Penn State’s School of Visual Arts.

Undergraduate student Joanna “Joey” Kieran Mendez is the labs project coordinator featured in the news at Penn State today. Go Joey!

Director Bryan Nichols coauthors paper with lab members on cognitive features of musical skills in musicians:

What else are ADRI publishing? Previous books include First There was Chaos by Graphic Design chair Joel Priddy. Bravo!

Good work @PitchLabPSU @bnickPSU @nytimesarts @PSUresearch @a

From fall book release party in ADRI office, 14 Borland Bldg, a good time had by all!

Coming soon in 2026! Unmuted—A new ADRI podcast mini-series from Penn State’s College of Arts & Architecture on the arts and why we need them.

Our latest—cognitive correlates in musicianship skills in @FrontiersIn Psychology!

Art prof and ADRI member Eduardo Navas and his SECOND book release of the year: Art, Media Design, and Postproduction. Congrats, Eduardo!

Art prof and ADRI member Eduardo Navas releases not one—but TWO books this year. Check out the first! The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies, 2nd edition

Next month, Penn State will welcome artist Melissa Monsoon from the UK in our special SciArt collaboration. More soon!

Undergraduate research team from Penn State presents on music psychology at the Suncoast Symposium for music, wellness, and sustainability. “Bravi!” @psu_aaresearch @psuarts_arch @PSUMusicSchool

January 2025 with Bill Doan, professor emeritus

Check it out, ADRI affiliate Leann Andrews will participate in Ask Them Anything: Placemaking and Placekeeping on Jan 17, 2025 1-2pm EST! a2ru.org/event/creating…

ADRI adjunct research associate and filmmaker Cynthia White is a member of the executive committee of OHMC: One Health Microbiome Center. Today she presented on all the collaborations between ADRI and OHMC. @psu_aaresearch

See our Fall Wrap-Up newsletter with dates for spring gatherings: mailchi.mp/cbfa97ceacb9/f…

Good work, everyone!

A fine meeting was hosted last week, and we look forward to continuing the conversation!