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Medical Schools Seek Humanities Majors
You can't tell by looking which students at Mount Sinai's school of medicine in New York City were traditional pre-meds as undergraduates and which weren't. And that's exactly the point.
New Prime Minister of Canada, Student of French and Literature
What can you do when you speak French and have a literature degree? Become Prime Minister of Canada!
Justin Trudeau, newly elected Prime Minister of Canada, earned a…
On the Value of a Liberal Arts Education
James Engell, Gurney Professor of English and Professor of Comparative Literature
Before students may even have decided to apply to college, it still seems important to…
Film Studies Senior Seminar Produces an Issue of Film Matters
Professor Margaret Flinn’s Film Studies senior seminar this past year took an innovative approach to engaging films and other media. Flinn, graduate student teaching apprentices and students…
Mrs. Brenda Drake Visits French and Italian Classes
Mrs. Brenda Drake, wife of Ohio State President Dr. Michael Drake, visited two classes in French and Italian on Thursday, October 8: Prof. Margaret Flinn’s course on French animated films and…
Why Techies Need the Humanities
"Brian Conklin, who owns a website development start-up in West Palm Beach, knows he is a minority in the high-tech industry. He has a philosophy degree.
That’s a branch of those much…
Medical Schools Seek Humanities Majors
You can't tell by looking which students at Mount Sinai's school of medicine in New York City were traditional pre-meds as undergraduates and which weren't. And that's exactly the point.
Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous
"If Americans are united in any conviction these days, it is that we urgently need to shift the country’s education toward the teaching of specific, technical skills. Every month, it seems, we…