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,...
The second annual Georgetown University Undergraduate Research Symposium, which will feature a range of undergraduate research projects across all disciplines and stress the varied nature of research,...
On Jan. 20, Georgetown played host to former Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield (MED ’79) for the second installment of the “Designing the Future(s) of the University”...
As the job recruitment process for the world of finance comes to a close, I reflect on the flurry of interview questions I was asked. One question I was consistently asked concerned my academic background....
The annual Doyle Symposium addressed the role of liberal arts education in engaging issues of diversity in Copley Formal Lounge Thursday afternoon.
The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs...
It's quite dreary to walk around McPherson Square these days. Looking at all those slothful souls who can't help but "occupy" public space, you feel — what's the word? — guilty. With their ragtag tents...
Bucking national university trends, a liberal arts college in Tennessee announced its plans to lower tuition by 10 percent this fall on Feb. 16.
Lowering tuition will enable Sewanee College to compete...
