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“Three ‘I’s for improving your doctoral education in the humanities: innovate, inform and internship. “
In “Humanities Departments after the Fall”, Alfredo Cumera, Gilman Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, offers graduate students wise advice to…
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 exercise…
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) with…
Business and the Humanities: Moving Into the Future in Partnership
“Interdisciplinary alliances have come to comprise a fast-growing trend for entrepreneurial humanities departments. McMaster already offers a specialized minor in…
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 as…
Communication Competence For Effective Leadership in STEM
In a time where each job posting has hundreds of applicants and success as a job seeker is heavily based…
Getting the Conversation Right: Literature Degrees for Jobs in Artificial Intelligence
CASE #! : Emma Williams. PhD in Skandinavian Mythology. Silicon Valley, Microsoft, Bing Studios. “Along the way, Williams developed a…
Literature’s Power to Effect Social Justice Today – The Case of Flint
FLINT, Mich. — The play was written in 1882, originally set in a small town in Norway — about as…
When Machines Take Your Job: Your Liberal Arts Background Will Save You
It’s become a truism that machines will threaten jobs because, well, it’s true. Forrester tallied up 24.7 million jobs getting…
The Rising Opportunities of a Career in Writing
Despite declining numbers for arts and humanities majors, jobs for writers (according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics site) are still growing at 2%,…
Magic Happens When Fashion Meets Books
Christine Henseler: Many students today believe that a career in art is not a viable option. What advice might you…
Want Your Kids to Have a Secure Future? Invest in a Liberal Arts Education
It’s no secret that the dynamics surrounding higher education and post-college employment are changing fast these days. The interconnected world…
Rhodessa Jones on Taking Action Through Storytelling
What advice would you like to give to young artists? Look at these spiritual and religious teaching. READ Morrison. Use…
Psychologist Kathy Pike on The Role of Arts in Today’s Mental Health Crisis
Co-authored with Dr Yasmine Van Wilt, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Mellon Fellow at Union College, Kobalt/AWAL singer-songwriter,…
Billionaire Marc Cuban on Why Students Should Get Liberal Arts Instead of Finance Degrees
I personally think there’s going to be a greater demand in 10 years for liberal arts majors than there were…
What Daniel Pink Thinks About the Importance of the Arts and Humanities
This is the first of a series of interviews with extraordinary people who are using their skills and training as…
Why Does Activism Need Art?
Why does Activism Need Art? Ask Noriko Manabe, author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. This book “addresses the…
Calling all Confused Students!
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