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.
Christopher Uggen, professor of sociology, was quoted in this New York Times article about the mixed messages regarding voting rights for felons in America.
Katherine Gerbner, assistant professor of history, explains how the idea of 'whiteness' was created to keep black people from voting. "Recognizing the political oppression…
Maggie Hennefeld, an assistant professor of cultural studies and comparative literature, explains the nostalgia behind why so many 2000s television and movie reboots have…
A student group called the Minnesota Bipartisan Issues Group aims to cultivate a more constructive kind of debate on campus. CLA Dean Coleman comments and notes the importance…
Ana Forcinito, professor of Spanish and Portuguese studies, researches women filmmakers in Argentina (like Lisa Stantic, pictured) and their unique use of sound to tell…
By redirecting floods on the Mississippi river in the North, we are accelerating the water downstream and increasing the threat of flooding in the South. Scott St. George…
Cover letters can be difficult to do well. Assistant professor and faculty fellow Somayeh Dodge makes sure that her students know exactly how to write one. As part of her…
"When you work on a play with a group of people, you’re working on math ideas and spatial relationships. They might not recognize that.” Lisa Channer, associate professor of…