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.
Life-changing. Transformative. What do we mean when we say the liberal arts transform lives? Or, put differently, what kind of lives do we believe the liberal arts build? What…
Myna Sharma is a great example of a CLA student who thoroughly utilized the career support available to her. The CLA Career Services staff are the supporting cast for our…
Sally and I benefited greatly from access to quality education at the University of Minnesota. We graduated with a combined three degrees from the U, all at a reasonable and…
Looking back on CLA’s student body just 50 years ago, only around 20 percent of Americans were completing bachelor’s degrees: roughly one-third women to two-thirds men. Now…
Keith Mayes, associate professor of African American & African Studies, spoke to C-SPAN via Skype about race relations in Minnesota two years after the police shooting of…
In our world of unfolding and unpredictable change, the need for informed, thoughtfully engaged media professionals has never been more acute. The University of Minnesota has…
Joanne Miller, professor of political science, explains the reasons behind political conspiracy theories and ways to properly address them. This may include not attacking the…
McFadden’s intellectual contributions are many, but his most famous contribution was how to statistically handle discrete choices. Put very simply, before McFadden’s work, the…
Gayle Golden, a senior lecturer at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, writes about how she is preparing to teach her incoming journalism students in the…
Fawn Grauman-White, community engagement coordinator in the Department of American Indian Studies; Katherine Hayes, associate professor of anthropology; and David Chang…