The president of Xavier University of Louisiana called on students and Catholic universities to integrate the sciences and humanities in order to promote theological inquiry at a Feb. 4 Georgetown University...
Georgetown University hosted a book launch to celebrate the publication of a pioneering textbook in the field of public humanities, which focuses on humanities in public service, on Sept. 20.
The...
When one thinks of the pre-med track, the first majors that come to mind are likely biology, chemistry or any other branch of science. Yet nearly 1,738 of the students who applied to medical school in...
Last October, the New York Times published an article addressing the decline of humanities programs across the country (available here). The article discusses how in light of economic collapse and a rise...
Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto
(I am human: I consider nothing human alien to me)
-Terence, Heauton Timorumenos
As I discussed in a previous column, the humanities crisis may not be as...
Over the past year, the humanities have come under close scrutiny in our public discourse.
Last summer, Harvard released a report that showed a decline in enrollment in humanities majors. In January,...
Nothing is more frustrating to a motivated student than teetering on the cusp of a higher grade. As some students claim, it’s almost more painful to earn a 89.5 percent than to earn a 85 percent.
Especially...
Looking to close the gap between the hard sciences and the humanities, Maggie Axelrod (COL ’15) and Viggy Parr (COL ’15) founded Futures in Science and Humanities in December to explore the interdisciplinary...
