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Two two innovative University of Glasgow-related projects have been honoured with prizes at the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards. The awards, organised annually by Interface, mark the biggest celebration of businesses and academic knowledge exchang

Some of the countrys most revered institutions, including four out of the eight Ivy League universities, sell expensive DEI Certificate programs that critics say have no place in America.

Two women scholars have each written a new book on the Mexican Revolution, and both books take up the Mexican anarchist Ricardo Flores Magón (RFM), his associates known as the magonistas, and the Mexican Liberal Party that they founded.

From “anti-monuments” to ephemeral sand portraits, four art exhibitions encourage viewers to slow down and take stock of our pandemic losses.

In recent years, "racial capitalism" has ascended across the humanities and social sciences. It has arisen as a conceptual framework to understand the mutually…

Photo courtesy of Connecticut College. This week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Erika Smith, the new Dean of the College. We talked about the community here at Connecticut College, the state of education in the Covid pandemic, and what general advice she has for students. Some responses have been edited for clarity. …

Paige West, Environmental Anthropologist, Wins Guggenheim Fellowship (Ben Ruli) Paige West has won her second prestigious award of 2021 and it’s only April. News of her Guggenheim Fellowship win this month follows closely on the heels of her selection as one of the Explorer’s Club 50 in February. She is one of two Earth Institute faculty to win the Guggenheim Fellowship this year, joining her colleague Sidney Hemming from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.( West, who is the Claire Tow Pr...

Date Time New curriculum requirements bring host of new courses to A&S Since enrollment opened up in December, students in the College of Arts & Sciences have had access to dozens of new courses for spring 2021, thanks in part to the College’s new curriculum, which took effect this fall for students in the class of 2024. The new curriculum focuses on the theme of exploration and reaffirms the college’s commitment to a liberal arts and sciences education. Changes make the curriculum easier f...