On March 9, NPR’s On Point delved into the science of laughter. Robert Provine, professor of psychology, was on hand to discuss the topic.

“Laughter is so powerful that Plato and Aristotle spent a lot of time thinking and writing about laughter because they feared its power,” he said.

Audio of the segment is available here.

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Susan McCully, senior lecturer in the Department of Theatre and artistic director of the Grrl Parts theatre festival, was interviewed by Tom Hall on WYPR’s Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast. The interview, which aired on Tuesday, March 6, focused on the Grrl Parts performances at UMBC March 7 through 11 and at CENTERSTAGE in downtown Baltimore on March 17.

An audio file of the interview is available on WYPR’s website here.

Maurice Berger, research professor at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, will have a short film, Threshold, featured in the Whitney Biennial in New York. The film was commissioned as part of an artwork entitled BLEED by Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran that will transform the entire fourth floor of the Whitney into a performance/video exhibition space. Threshold focuses on the crossing of thresholds—walking through doors, entering trains, cars, and buses, moving across stages, approaching podiums, and even the imagined passage from Earth to heaven—that have defined the voice, place, and aspirations of a people during the historic struggle for civil rights.

The Biennial exhibition, which examines the current state of contemporary art in America, opened on March 1 and continues on display through May 27. The BLEED installation featuring Professor Berger’s film will run from May 9 through 13. The Whitney Museum of American Art is located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York. For directions and other visiting click here.