News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
1909, 2017
Pictures more than words show the humanities’ challenge
Words yield to pictures as the humanities decline.
1609, 2017
Zero-sum games (Hannah Devlin, Guardian)
How the zero changed math, and where it arose.
1309, 2017
Coding is the new language requirement (Jean Dimeo, Inside Higher Ed)
Coding is the language required by our modern technological society.
1009, 2017
The death of English (Hephzibah Anderson, BBC Culture)
The American idiom hastens the English demise.
609, 2017
Internet Rx: do doctors and patients know how to read advice on-line? (Philippa Göranson, Pulse)
On-line medical advice tests doctors and patients in new ways.
209, 2017
Our devices, our selves (Jean M. Twenge, The Atlantic)
How personal devices may undermine our personhood.
3108, 2017
New language, new cultures (Melanie Kirkpatrick, Wall Street Journal)
Learning new languages leads to the blending of new cultures.
2708, 2017
The liberal arts and the path to fulfillment (George Anders, Atlantic)
The liberal arts, including the humanities, open up new possibilities for fulfilling lives.
2308, 2017
In praise of polymaths (David Edmonds, BBC Magazine)
Why the broader knowledge possessed by polymaths is needed today more than ever.
2008, 2017
College students know the usefulness of humanities majors (Michelle Cheng, FiveThirtyEight)
Students determine the usefulness of the humanities according to their career path.