Christine Henseler
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What Can You Do With A Humanities Major? More Than You Think
…What may be surprising, however, is the number of jobs available to humanities majors that are not typically associated with…
To Data or Not To Data: Capturing the Humanities in Motion
Originally posted on the Academy Data Forum of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Oct. 2nd, 2015 When the…
Why a Background in the Arts Is of Importance To Successful Executives
Bruce E. Whitacre, Executive Director of Theatre Forward comments on whether “arts engagement can predict success or contribute to a…
Counting (on) Success: Does an Education in the Humanities Count in Today’s Day and Age?
(originally posted in The Huffington Post, Aug. 19th, 2015) The Humanities have had an especially challenging time in recent years…
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…
The Greatest Innovators of the Twenty-First Century Will Address Human Needs
One of âthe most significant survey related to innovation was conducted in 2011 by GE, which interviewed a thousand senior…
President John Maeda on Why Science Needs Art
We seem to forget that innovation doesn’t just come from equations or new kinds of chemicals, it comes from…
Engineering Can Learn From the Humanities
We can learn from the humanities, which develop original thinking skills much earlier. Creative domains from writing to the arts…
Invitation to Participate in New AH21CW Volunteer Program
The Arts & Humanities in the 21st Century Workplace advocacy initiative is launching a new Volunteer Program. If you are interested…
Creating Meaning, Not Just Money: The Intellectual Innovators Behind Some of the Biggest Start-Ups
Next time youâre struggling to figure out how to make a big dent in the universe with your own startup,…
Walter Isaacson Reveals the Secret to Innovation
â’The real value creation, especially in the technological revolution, is not just from the engineers but the people who connect…
Why Philosophy Is a Smart Choice for Future Entrepreneurs
Creating entrepreneurs has never been the purpose of a philosophy department, nor is creating a business typically the goal of…
The In-House Historian at Ubisoft
On October 14th, 2014 WIRED.co.uk published an interview with Maxime Durand, the historian hired at Ubisoft to create the video…
The Death of the University as a Center of Humane Critique
“A few years ago, I was being shown around a large, very technologically advanced university in Asia by its proud…
“Reaching For That Which Is Not Me”
âI think of what language is and does and can do,â said Smith in an interview prior to her dynamic,…
How Music Led to the Creation of Google
On November 18th, 2014, Fortune published an article on Larry Page, co-founder of Google, titled “How music education influenced Larry…
Shout Out for the Humanities Student Contest
4Humanities.org announces its Shout Out For the Humanities student prize contest. Prizes are offered for best undergraduate (1st prize: US…
NY6Think Tank Fellow Launches Exciting Instagram Project
Student Fellow, Miri Reinhold (Colgate University) has launched her new Instagram feed for her project titled “Humans of the Humanities.”…
Millennials Still Prefer the Printed Book!
Younger readers are still reading, and in print: 92 percent of 18-29 year-old book readers in the US read in…
Medicine & Humanities: Putting the Whole Person Back Together Again
What happens in medical training is that we separate the scientific aspects from the human aspects. And then we donât necessarily…
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