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.
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…
“Our students want to know how their learning is going to be useful for them, and we need to help them with that.” Assistant professor of philosophy and Career Readiness…
A Chicago Tribune review of a book written by our very own Patricia Hampl, Regents professor in CLA English Languages. "The job of being human," Hampl writes, "is not figuring…
Associate professor of political science Kathryn Pearson spoke with MPR about Paul Ryan's legacy and what his retirement means for the Republican party in the age of Trump.
David Grayson, a professor of musicology, is an expert on the late composer Claude Debussy, and is preparing the critical edition of Debussy's one and only completed opera.