URSCA: Exploring music, language and culture

For 31 BU students, summer will be a time for exploration, research and creativity. These students have been awarded stipends to participate in research, scholarship, or creative activities with faculty mentors through BU's Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (URSCA) program.

While many of the projects will be focused in science labs, others will take students into the community. Student Dan Copes will travel to China to study the effects of music on language and culture. Copes performed with the Chinese Club at BU's annual International Banquet in April.

A funky fashion triptych

BU held it's ninth annual Personal Adornment Day and Makeup Extravaganza recently. The event, held at the Moose Exchange in downtown Bloomsburg, features wearable art created by students. Photo intern Katelin Bolig was a participant in the show, but she also captured this triptych of outfits.

Put on your dancin' shoes

Dance is a big deal at Bloomsburg. The university has a minor in dance and a very active student-run, student organized Dance Ensemble.

Photo intern Katelin Bolig captured their recent show, which has a joyous do-it-yourself vibe.

The minor in dance show directed by dance professor Julie Petry on Sunday and Monday, May 5 and 6, will tackle some serious themes and bring a professional focus to the performance.

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