We explore questions of the moment—the liberal arts are truly the front page of the newspaper—and enduring questions that help us to understand the present and the past and to anticipate the future.
Many students across the country have been voicing feelings of fatigue and monotony about school. Pat Frazier, PhD, professor in the Department of Psychology at the University…
Gordon Legge, PhD, in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, along with Nilsu Atilgan and Ying-Zi Xiong recently conducted a study on the joint impact of…
Through the Civic Readiness Initiative, we aim to help students be better prepared to leverage the values and skills of a liberal arts education for civic engagement and…
Deb Hopp and Kit Dahl led efforts that resulted in CLA’s new Civic Readiness Initiative (CRI), an aspirational plan to provide coursework options and a larger four-year…
Mohamed Amin Ahmed has helped to spread democratic ideals to a global audience and is recognized as a citizen diplomat who has helped counter anti-democracy narratives and…
Dance artist Ralph Lemon (BA ’76, English) is one of the 21 MacArthur Fellows for 2020. The MacArthur is commonly known as the “genius” grant, awarded to people who are…
2020 certainly has been a stressful year for most, especially for businesses and their employees. One local animal shelter, The Animal Humane Society in Golden Valley…
Jonathan Gewirtz, PhD, professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, was awarded a grant of $3,065,405 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.