Congratulations to Richard Cohn ’87E (PhD) for being appointed to a five-year term as European area research chair at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. Cohn, a specialist in music theory, will explore interdisciplinary approaches to musical time and examine the relationships among music, mathematics, computing, anthropology, and neuroscience for the MusicAnalytica project. Joining Cohn as a collaborator on the project is former Eastman Assistant Professor of Theory José Oliveira Martins. Their work was recently featured in Público, one of Portugal’s most prominent daily newspapers.
Category: Alumni Success