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ÂżQuĂŠ dices? Spanish can Build Bridges in Baseball?
âConnor, what is your favorite car?â Luis Palacios, a pitcher from Venezuela, asked in English, the language he was learning….
“Interdisciplinary Perspectives Are the Carriers of Innovation Today”
Interdisciplinary perspectives are the carriers of innovation today. And by extension, the future belongs to the incorporation of liberal arts…
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 their…
Narrowly Defined Technical Roles will No Longer Be the Answer to Growth
In a recent LinkedIn survey of employerâs most sought-after soft skills in 2018, â57% of leaders say soft skills are…
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 majors….
Why Athletes Do Ballet
“Ballet builds flexibility. It also builds strength, speed, agility, balance, mental focus and endurance, which might explain why ballet workouts…
The Study of Humanities: An Even Bigger “Dividend”
âThe value of humanities-educated individuals is more than the money they make and the goods and services they produce. It…
“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…
Do you Love Science and Art? Become a Scientific Illustrator like Ikumi Kayama.
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 â¨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. â The play was written in 1882, originally set in a small town in Norway â 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%,…
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