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24 11, 2024

Lidar locates another lost city (Georgina Rannard, BBC)

By Humanities Watch|2024-11-24T14:30:19-05:00November 24th, 2024|April, Arts, Central / South America, education, environment, Everything Else, History, March, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A review of lidar data reveals a hidden ancient city.

20 11, 2024

How the humanities nurture tech, and vice versa

By Humanities Watch|2024-11-21T06:02:32-05:00November 20th, 2024|Academia, Everything Else, History, Philosophy, Quotes, Religion, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Interviewing Sylvester Johnson, Kluge Chair in Science and Technology, on the humanities' future with technology.

22 10, 2024

The present humanities in a global scope (World Humanities Report)

By Humanities Watch|2024-10-22T17:15:06-04:00October 22nd, 2024|Academia, Everything Else, History, Language, News, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

An annual review of the state of global humanities.

5 10, 2024

A Librarian’s Life in Her Letters: Belle Greene and the Morgan Library

By Humanities Watch|2024-11-26T11:12:55-05:00October 5th, 2024|Academia, Arts, Asia, education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, painting, Quotes, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Letters reveal the shaping of a public institution, the Morgan Library.

21 07, 2024

Art Therapy in The Great War (BBC News)

By Humanities Watch|2024-07-21T14:46:21-04:00July 21st, 2024|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Medicine, News, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

An insightful nurse used art to help WWI soldiers heal.

7 07, 2024

The novel brain (Carol Clark, Emory University eScienceCommons)

By Humanities Watch|2024-07-07T13:58:59-04:00July 7th, 2024|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, Language, News, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Greater engagement with language and with other lives through reading novels.

24 05, 2024

Pyramid formation (Malu Cursino, BBC News)

By Humanities Watch|2024-05-24T14:26:11-04:00May 24th, 2024|Academia, Africa, Arts, environment, Everything Else, News, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How a research team uncovered the waterway for building the pyramids.

18 04, 2024

Mind and machine (Dvija Mehta, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2024-04-18T10:27:45-04:00April 18th, 2024|Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, Medicine, News, Philosophy, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Why implanting computing chips into the brain can challenge our sense of self.

26 03, 2024

Supporting a “humanities renaissance” (UNC News)

By Humanities Watch|2024-03-26T13:47:27-04:00March 26th, 2024|Academia, business, Charities, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A major donation from a business alumnus inspired and guided by the humanities.

16 03, 2024

AI calls on humanity (Aneesh Raman and Maria Flynn, NY Times)

By Humanities Watch|2024-03-16T17:00:08-04:00March 16th, 2024|Academia, business, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

That our new AI economy requires a deeper engagement with the humanities.