Examining “The Case for Reparations”
Heard on Campus: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ rationale for reparations.
The New Pre-Existing Condition
Heard on Campus: ACA may fall short for kids with special healthcare needs.
YouTube Diplomacy
Heard on Campus: “Alec, you have to explain YouTube to the mullahs.”
1938, Redux?
Heard on Campus: Thomas Childers on the current crisis in Ukraine.
The Problem With Magazines
Mary Ellen Mark FA’62 ASC’64 is not a fan of Photoshop.
The String Band Theory of Urban Economics
Nick Spitzer C’71 on the importance of “informal culture.”
Theatre Today
What's happening in the theatre world right now? A group of alumni movers-and-shakers came together on Homecoming to share their observations.
Tom Friedman Predicts the Future(s) of Higher Education
Friedman on MOOCs: What happened to media will happen to education.
In the Matter of Race, Immigration, Coloniality
Heard on Campus: Junot Diaz
The Black Swan Also Rises
Heard on Campus: Cash is king
Pop Neuroscience With David Brooks
David Brooks on the mysteries of perception.
Linguists of the World, Unite?
Chomsky and Labov anchor linguistics conference.
Give That Leftist a Latte
Brewing ideology.
The Clavichord of the Scientist’s Soul
Orchestrating knowledge
The Music of Writing
Roseanne Cash at the Writers House
Fighting the Religion of Cost Effectiveness
AIDS fighter Paul Farmer on the “cost-effectiveness” fallacy.
A Writer by Any Other Gender
Feminist Toril Moi on not being a “woman writer.”
The Logic of Torture
Heard on campus: Peter Singer on torture
Black, Brown, and Underpaid
Massey: Don’t blame illegals for African Americans’ plight
Humanities: A Key Ring of Learning and Wisdom
Keys to learning
Putting an End to “Name-Calling” in Athletics
“Identity theft combined with name-calling”
Counting Sheep in Space
Sleeping in space
Advice from a Superhero
Christopher Reeve on digging deep
Rushdie: Out of Hiding, Yearning for Anonymity
Salman Rushdie on books, life, and the “hoo-hah” surrounding The Satanic Verses