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.
Gbemi Oyetunde (class of 2022) builds on the legacy of U of M student leaders from ’69. Oyetunde currently serves as president of the Black Student Union at the University of…
Manyi Ayuk (class of 2021, psychology and public health) reflects on the dualities she’s experienced as a Cameroonian American and as an activist for social change.
Lulete Mola (BA ’14, political science) is a social change strategist and chief strategy and innovation officer at the Women's Foundation of Minnesota. Her purpose is to build…
An assistant professor in the Department of English, Megan Finch reads James Baldwin “to think rather than to substitute thought.” What follows is extracted from her recent…
Last year, the WHO characterized misinformation as an "infodemic," its pervasiveness only second to coronavirus. University of Minnesota experts, like Associate Professor…
Selected by Attorney General Keith Ellison to serve on the Advisory Task Force on Expanding the Economic Security of Women are Brittany Lewis (PhD '15, feminist studies)…
Elise Armani (BFA ’17) discusses her path from Minneapolis to New York, what's next on her to-do list, and the importance of mentors along the way to discovering your passion.
The Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law has produced a special report and analysis of media law issues arising from the extraordinary assault on the US Capitol…
“Thinsplaining,” a now-common term, refers to the situation in which a person who has never struggled with weight still assumes they are qualified to give advice or pass…