News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
1503, 2022
The Big Bang of language (N. Chater and M.H. Christiansen, Wall Street Journal)
New thoughts on the spontaneous formation of language.
1003, 2022
Giving new life to old tombs (Angela Giuffrida, The Guardian)
Using microbiology to restore Michelangelo's masterpiece.
2202, 2022
The business of happiness (Lindsay Ellis, Wall Street Journal)
Understanding happiness as the key to success.
2102, 2022
Humanities, arts, and medical training (Noel Gonzalez, FIU News)
A new program at FIU medical school integrates arts and humanities.
1602, 2022
The metrics of a life well-lived (D. Baumann and W. Ruch, Frontiers in Psychology)
Building a model to measure life fulfillment, in retrospect.
3001, 2022
A lens on life and death (Patrick Phillips, Live5News)
Photographing Covid's toll in Charleston.
2401, 2022
Giving arts the business (Anna Holligan, BBC News)
Creatively combating the isolation from the arts during Covid.
1201, 2022
Judging books by their covers (Anna Honer)
Science and history combine to record a forgotten history of the book.
701, 2022
Virtual humanities (Rebecca Koenig, EdSurge)
Does the future of the humanities lie outside academia?
2912, 2021
Self-betterment through better reading (John McWhorter, New York Times)
Improving oneself through the study of great books.