Pharrell Williams, an established artist and producer, created Happy, an earworm-worthy top hit in 2014. Yet some of the top artists arriving on the scene transcended established musical genres. Hits by Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor and DJ Snake impacted music …
After the high of Gangnam Style by Psy, DJ Baauer produced the next viral dance craze – the Harlem Shake. This song with few lyrics and catchy dance rhythms spurred students and others to make their own dance videos using …
Korean superstar Psy released the world smash hit Gangnam Style in July 2012. The song traveled the world’s radio stations and received over a billion views on YouTube. What made this hit unique in the United States is that most …
Two long-standing U.S. institutions ended their work in 2011: NASA Space Shuttle Program and the Oprah Winfrey Show. NASA’s 30-year running space shuttle program ended with Endeavor’s final trip to the international space station. Despite the tragedies of the Challenger …
The year 2010 started with a devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti that resulted in the death of approximately 220,000- 316,000 people and billions of dollars in property and infrastructure damage. Later that year, another disaster – this one human-made – …
The sixth installment of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter movie franchise ‐ the Half-Blood Prince was released in 2009. In the Half-Blood Prince, we say farewell to Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore and are in disbelief by the betrayal of Severus Snape. …
In 2008, great changes occurred in the United States and globally, including the election of Barack Obama and the Great Recession. Most of the media attention regarding the great recession did not begin in earnest until the fall of 2008. …
The phenomenon of helicopter parents rose to national consciousness in 2007, raising questions about students’ self-reliance and independence. News stories focused on the role of parents throughout multiple stages of the college going process: from making the decision to …
In 2006, among the many news stories of that time was the beginning of the decline of print newspapers. The media reported on the declining readership of newspapers and how they would disappear in a few years. Others reported how …