A new online program from the University of Minnesota Language Center began this fall. It provides a way for University of Minnesota-Morris students to enroll in language courses taught by Twin Cities instructors that were not previously offered. The program currently offers an intermediate Latin course and a first-year Dakota course.
Moin Syed, an associate professor of psychology, discusses his use of advising statements when mentoring graduate students. "They can get a concrete sense about whether or not my approach is what they’re looking for," he says.
Two graduate students from the Heritage Studies and Public History program, Denise Pike and Kacie Lucchini Butcher, expose the history of racism in housing in Minneapolis through an interactive exhibit on display now at the Hennepin History Museum.
Dean Billmeyer, a professor of music, talks about the newly restored pipe organ at Northrop auditorium. “I think the Northrop instrument would be viewed as one of the very best from the 1930s,” Billmeyer says.
This article features Doug Kearney, assistant professor of English and award-winning poet. Kearney experiments with language and critiques the appropriation of black culture. "Most experimental writing starts with a dissatisfaction with the order of the world," he says.
According to researchers, there are very few personality tests that are actually accurate. James Butcher, a professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology, gives some insight on the history of personality tests in this article.
Payton Counts, an alumna of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, helped organize a suicide prevention program for Native youth in Minneapolis. “A lot of Native youth don’t want to contact the police because they’re scared of what will happen,” Counts shared. “They would rather deal with it themselves than reach out for help because the reality is we have been burned by the system so many times before.”
Katherine West Scheil, a professor of English, writes this article in TIME Magazine about Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare. Scheil describes the mysteries Hathaway would be able to solve and the secrets she could reveal.
"Democrats have long been energized about the 2018 midterm elections because of President Trump, and so the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court added to that enthusiasm," says Kathryn Pearson, professor of political science. She talks more about the effects of Kavanaugh's nomination on the midterm elections with KARE 11.
Saymoukda Vongsay, Community Outreach Coordinator in Asian American Studies, talks about being an artist and a refugee. "My advice is [to] pursue your passions and what you are interested in because it shows if you are doing good work," she says.
Dean Sorenson, an associate professor and director of Jazz Studies in the School of Music in CLA, describes the "magical night" of the Honoring Prince event. "I wanted our students to interact with those pros, to give them a taste of what it’s like to make music at that level,” he said.
Alumni Robert P. Sands and Sally Glassberg Sands’ $7.4 million estate commitment helps make a liberal arts education affordable for promising students.
The University of Minnesota Alumni Association gave awards to CLA alumni, staff, and students for their leadership and work in promoting the study of liberal arts.
In the time since the FCC repealed the rules that protected net neutrality, California has passed some dramatic internet regulation laws in order to protect its residents. Christopher Terry, assistant professor of media ethics and law at the Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication, weighs in.
The Department of Geography, Environment and Society at the University of Minnesota invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track position at the assistant professor level with expertise in urban geography or urban studies, to begin fall semester 2019.
This year is set to be one of the most momentous in the history of the College of Liberal Arts as we celebrate our 150th anniversary. That’s 150 years of Gopher pride and alumni traditions, 150 years of cutting-edge research and stellar instruction, 150 years of supporting the University of Minnesota's land-grant mission of service, and 150 years of forging productive citizens and leaders in their communities and the world.
UMN Alumni, Geoff Sheagley explains racial resentment and Hurricane Sandy and the spillover of racial attitudes into evaluations of government organizations. Watch the video!
