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.
Kathryn Pearson, associate professor of political science, analyzes the recent debates between Democractic presidential contenders, and discusses what will likely be the key…
Erika Lee, a professor of history and director of the Immigration History Research Center, is interviewed by PBS about recent comments made by President Trump. "...remarks by…
Timothy Johnson, professor of political science, joins MPR to discuss recent decisions made by the Supreme Court and what they mean for Minnesota and beyond.
Phyllis Moen, a professor of sociology and founding director of the University of Minnesota Advanced Careers Initiative, discusses recent surveys about retirement in America. …
Caroline Lemen and Ellen Dinwiddie Smith, adjunct teaching specialists of horn in CLA, join Classical MPR to discuss why the "French horn" moniker came about in the United…
In the class Music Outreach in Healthcare Settings, taught by Professor Michael Silverman, music students play for patients at the University of Minnesota Health Clinics and…
Sean Connaughty, a lecturer of drawing and painting in CLA, has been cleaning up trash at Lake Hiawatha since 2015. By creating art out of the trash, he's hoping to raise…
Researcher-parents must balance their children’s needs with work priorities while in the field. Kathryn Grace, a researcher and associate professor of geography, talks about…
The McCanna House was donated to the North Dakota Museum of Art by the late Margery McCanna Jennison and has been used as an artist’s compound since 2010. Lamar Peterson, an…
Professor Anatoly Liberman, who teaches courses on the history of language in the College of Liberal Arts, tries to help the Star Tribune answer this question.