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.
We want to help advance the college’s goal of cultivating a welcoming and respectful climate in its diverse intellectual community. Through a grassroots effort, we initiated…
Established in 2004 by members of the Twin Cities metropolitan area Chinese community, the Chinese Heritage Foundation provides grants that support its twin goals: to preserve…
Lew Blank, a first-year student in CLA, was a participant in the Dean's Freshman Research & Creative Scholars Program (DFRACS). This CLA signature program has offered high…
Tree-ring research is a simple but remarkably powerful tool for environmental science. In the global change era, tree rings provide unique perspective on ways that natural…
As one of the original collegiate units of the University of Minnesota and encompassing the foundational disciplines of higher education, the College of Liberal Arts has…
For 150 years, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has been dedicated to teaching and research. Many have dedicated their lives to…
"Our state and country’s greatest resource is our children. Investing in their education should be uppermost in our minds. Education, in the broadest sense, is critical to the…
EHI seeks to address complex issues regarding environments and human and animal bodies through the lenses of history, philosophy, literature, language, culture, religion, and…
Writing a short paragraph about student leadership in this college did not prove to be an easy task. This is perhaps because of what the College of Liberal Arts is: home to…