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This section captures the voices of our current generation of young adults entering college and the workplace. How does this generation think about and articulate the value of the arts and humanities from their own perspectives and in their own voices?
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“Employed Arts & Humanities Majors: They Exist!”
NY6 Think Tank Student Fellow, Emily Wong, speaks to an entire generation through her new blog titled “Pathways to Employment: Employed Arts & Humanities Majors: They Exist!” This is the goal of her blog: “….to quell my own…
Profit over People
As stated by the Greek philosopher Aristotle, âWe do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.â This quote shows that we do not act in an…
Post Your Instagram Inspiration!
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Classics and Philosophy: Tools for Learning and Thinking About Anything I Could Ever Possibly Want To Do
As a New York Six Think Tank Fellow, my project focused on exploring the connection between an education in the arts and/or humanities and success outside of academia. Prior to beginning my project, I had seen for myself…
Morning, May the Odds Forever Be in Your Favor!
When youâre being sucked upward 38 floors in a high rise Manhattan, NY office by an oak wood decorated elevator you obtain this feeling that youâre moving up in the world and that you will soon accomplish great…
âThe Essay of Theseusâ: The Ethical Limitations of Editing
The ship of Theseus, dating back to the days of Heraclites, Socrates and Plato, is a thought experiment that goes something as follows: if a ship were to gradually decay, and were to thus require that each part…
Health, Humanities, and Medicine: A Student’s Journey
Why is the threesome of the HHM important? Growing up, one of the first words I remembering uttering was âhypertension,â as my father (the MD, PhD) had plenty scientific journals laying around the house. From a very young…
Biology & Philosophy: How Our Culture Shapes Our Knowledge
Originally posted posted on April 23, 2015 on “Arts and Humanities Connection.” Science differs from arts and literature, in that the knowledge gathered would exist whether humans studied it or not. Paintings, music, and novels require artists. DNA…
Creative Computers: What the Overlap of Programming and Poetry Teaches us about Creativity
Writing programs in Python requires the sort of precision most of my writing doesnât demand. A missing letter, an extra comma, or a poorly arranged phrase are more than just confusing; the smallest spelling mistake will stop the…
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.” Mission: “Think the humanities aren’t a practical academic pursuit? Think you’ll get nowhere with a degree in arts…
The Impact of the Arts and Humanities on Americaâs Future Workforce
The world that we live in today is changing and if you were to ask Roberta Matuson, a Forbes contributing writer, the worldâs workforce it about to change as well. In her article, âLiberal Arts Graduates: The Future…
Finding Ethics In a Small Liberal Arts School
The bonds of kinship which unite the human race are those which lead to ethical decision making. While this may be a strong assertion to make up front, I beg you to consider the bonds that are…
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 print in 2013, above the average for the population as…
The Place of the Smartphone at the Desk and Dinner Table
For thousands of years, the standard dinner table has featured the following four items: fork, knife, plate, spoon. Similarly, likely dating back to the days of Platoâs Academy, there have typically sat three items on the standard classroom…
The Undeniable Necessity of Ethics in the Workplace
What is the role of ethics in the work environment? As college students, we have an opportunity to choose ethical or unethical behavior in the classroom every dayâright now the classroom is our workplace. Â Will we take the…
Video Animation by Xiangjun Shi called “Why Did I Study Physics?”
“In this hand-drawn animation, Brown University graduate Xiangjun Shi explains why she chose to study the science of natureâand what it taught her about herself. Shi, who also earned an animation…
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Want To Do Something That Is Good For You? How Art and Art Therapies Are Good for Your Health and the Healthcare System
Want To Do Something That Is Good For You? How Art and Art Therapies Are Good for Your Health and the Healthcare System
âIf we can change the way they see, then we can change the way they think.” ~Professor David St. John I just love this video. The eerie music grabs your attention, implying that the words being spoken are…
The Practicality of Spanish in Modern Medicine: Raising Cultural Awareness to Meet Cultural Needs
The U.S. healthcare system is designed to provide quality care for Americans. This means that we need to exhibit cultural competency toward all patients. The rise of various ethnic groups in American society, makes it essential for physicians…
The Arts & Humanities Are Alive And Well: Just Watch the Millennials
The arts and humanities might be going through a rough patch, but if you ask the Millennials they can tell you that disciplines such as classical music, visual art and…
Screen Literacy for the Next Generation: How the Arts & Humanities Matter
If your child is anything like mine, he or she is probably spending a lot of time in front of the computer, playing Minecraft, watching YouTube videos, dancing before the…
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The Art World the Millennial Way
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The Place of the Smartphone at the Desk and Dinner Table