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17 09, 2023

Humanities superpower

By Humanities Watch|2023-09-17T06:52:32-04:00September 17th, 2023|Arts, business, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, poetry, Quotes, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

An interview with Rishi Jaitly of VT's Institute for Leadership in Technology.

2 09, 2023

Anxiously seeking solutions (Julie Wernau and Andrea Petersen, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2023-09-02T19:30:36-04:00September 2nd, 2023|business, Debate / dialogue, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Increased anxiety meets a new industry designed to address it.

18 08, 2023

Taking the lead through the humanities (Jenny Kincaid Boone, Virginia Tech News)

By Humanities Watch|2023-08-18T15:48:51-04:00August 18th, 2023|Academia, business, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, poetry, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Technology leaders find new dimensions of stewardship through the humanities.

8 08, 2023

Aztecs, Elizabethans, and the Looking Glass (S. Campbell, E. Healey, Y. Kuzman, M.D. Glascock, Antiquity)

By Humanities Watch|2023-08-08T15:06:45-04:00August 8th, 2023|Academia, Arts, Central / South America, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Museums, News, Politics, Religion, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Science broadens our understanding of global influences in the late Renaissance.

9 07, 2023

The stories doctors tell (Emily Bobrow, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2023-07-09T07:22:18-04:00July 9th, 2023|Academia, Arts, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, News, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

A writing program to offer insight and solace to the cares of physicians.

4 07, 2023

Syncopated synapses (Jon Hamilton, NPR)

By Humanities Watch|2023-07-04T12:19:33-04:00July 4th, 2023|Academia, Arts, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, Music, News, painting, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How the arts help us think and create.

1 07, 2023

Pizza at Pompeii? (Farrell Monaco, BBC Travel)

By Humanities Watch|2023-07-01T11:02:01-04:00July 1st, 2023|Arts, Economics, environment, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Literature, Museums, News, painting|0 Comments

Finding flatbread in the buried city.

18 06, 2023

Delving deeper (Zaria Gorvett, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2023-06-18T11:17:33-04:00June 18th, 2023|environment, Everything Else, History, Nature, News, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

How technology is transforming our understanding of maritime history.

10 06, 2023

Entertaining diversity with great books (Andrew Delbanco, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2023-06-10T10:51:42-04:00June 10th, 2023|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Libraries, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How the humanities can foster diversity by discussing great books.

5 06, 2023

Roman legacy (Heritage Daily – Archaeology News)

By Humanities Watch|2023-06-05T14:43:24-04:00June 5th, 2023|Academia, Arts, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Nature, News, science, Technology|0 Comments

Roman legacy: the seaside science of ancient concrete. From the article: Around A.D. 79, Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote in his Naturalis historia that concrete structures in harbors, exposed to the constant assault of the saltwater wave, become "a single stone mass, impregnable to the waves and every day stronger." He wasn’t exaggerating. While [...]