Jobs and the Arts & Humanities
The Humanities are where Many Leaders Got There Start
“The humanities are where many future leaders, communicators, scholars, CEOs, storytellers, creatives, directors, writers and entrepreneurs come to get…
Technology & Computation
Narrowly Defined Technical Roles will No Longer Be the Answer to Growth
In a recent LinkedIn survey of employer’s most sought-after soft skills in 2018, “57% of leaders say soft skills…
Business & Entrepreneurship
How User Experience is Driving the Hiring of More Liberal Arts Majors
The software company Infosys is hiring Liberal Arts majors. In fact 20-30% of its future workforce are Liberal Arts…
Other Fields & Programs
Why Athletes Do Ballet
“Ballet builds flexibility. It also builds strength, speed, agility, balance, mental focus and endurance, which might explain why ballet…
Jobs and the Arts & Humanities
The Study of Humanities: An Even Bigger “Dividend”
“The value of humanities-educated individuals is more than the money they make and the goods and services they produce….
Governance & the World of Politics
Cops and Docs Looking at Paintings: But Why?
“Art, it turns out, can be an important tool to change how leaders see their work. One fun…
Engineering & Urban Studies
New Report Urges Integration of STEMM and the Arts and Humanities
“WASHINGTON — An emerging body of evidence suggests that integrating STEMM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine)…
Science & Mathematics
Humanizing Science: Rebecca Kamen Awakens Scientific Discovery Through the Arts and Humanities
This is the seventh of a series of interviews with extraordinary people who are using their skills and training…
Business & Entrepreneurship
Why Climate Change Needs English Majors
“In apparently the first course of its kind, UCSB is offering a class in the English department entitled, The…
Governance & the World of Politics
Food for Thought: What Does “Service” and “Leadership” Mean to You?
In his book Excellent Sheep, William Deresiewicz questions the way in which today’s generation, and the world at large, thinks of the…
The Art World the Millennial Way
Food for Thought: What Does “Service” and “Leadership” Mean to You?
Pursuing a New Perspective in Medicine
The Place of the Smartphone at the Desk and Dinner Table
The Place of the Smartphone at the Desk and Dinner Table