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.
“Minnesota is sort of now in the domain of being a battleground state,” said Paul Goren, Professor and Chair of the political science department. Goren elaborates what this…
Joe Eggers, research and outreach coordinator for the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, discusses Rep. Ilhan Omar's response to the problem of the Armenian genocide.
"The first and most important step in ensuring that the most painful chapters of our history do not repeat themselves is to honestly acknowledge the past." Sociology Professor…
Professor Richard Lee from the Department of Psychology talks about the lower health literacy and stigma surrounding the Asian-American community in this article.
Professor Jane Kirtley of the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communications provides insight into the Washington Post's recent headline changes.
In this article, Sociology Professor Michelle Phelps shares her expertise on the rise of probation supervision as a criminal justice sanction and its relationship to mass…
In this article, Alejandro Baer, an associate professor of sociology and the Stephen C. Feinstein Chair and Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies…
During a time when religion and religious identities are changing, Jeanne Kilde, director of religious studies, and Virajita Singh, associate vice provost in the Office for…
Sophomore Louisa Botten created an extraordinary research project as part of an internship through the Dean’s First Year Research and Creative Scholars Program, a scholarship…
50 years ago the Martin Luther King, Jr. Program started with a great sense of optimism and possibility. Where should the MLK Program head as we move forward, and how might…