When people hear the term ‘liberal arts,’ it may sound like a phrase with political overtones. A scholar of literature explains why that’s wrong and takes a closer look at its origin and meaning.
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When unions amass large sums of money to parcel out to workers, it can give them more leverage in negotiations with employers.
People are congregating in Missouri after news spread that the exhumed body of a nun had not decayed four years after her death. There is a long history to these claims.
Theravada Buddhism is the dominant religious system in several parts of South and Southeast Asia, but there is a rich diversity of beliefs and practices in this tradition.
The person with the most YouTube followers calls himself ‘YouTube’s biggest philanthropist.’
The genre – also known as ‘folk art’ or ‘outsider art’ – serves as a reminder that art is a universal human pursuit.
Despite the association of ‘Luddite’ with a naïve rejection of technology, the term and its origins are far richer and more complex than you might think.
The SEC is investigating whether executives at First Republic Bank, which was seized by regulators and sold to JPMorgan Chase, improperly traded on inside information.
Passwords are both annoying to use and vulnerable to hackers. Google is moving to support stronger, easier-to-use passkeys (and other tech companies are close behind).
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank has raised questions about some of the consequences when the government steps in to protect the depositors of troubled banks.
A biologist who studies how viruses spread from animals to people explains the process of spillover and the risks posed by the new bird flu that has spread across the globe.
There are thousands of sightings of UFOs – or ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ as the US government prefers to call them – every year.
The term, coined in 2011, refers to people who seek to use their money and time to make as much progress as possible toward solving the world’s most pressing problems.
To convict Alec Baldwin of manslaughter for the on-set deadly shooting of Halyna Hutchins in 2021, prosecution will need to show that the actor was either reckless or criminally negligent.
Many investors and corporations believe that accounting for the impact that businesses have on the environment, society as a whole and their own workforces benefits their bottom line.
Racial hostility can produce symptoms similar to what soldiers experience as a result of going to war.
Foundations mostly give money away in the form of grants. But there’s also a way for them to make a kind of loan that can stretch their charitable dollars.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, his on-and-off girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, and others involved in the company were reportedly in a polycule together.
Snowstorms that sweep across the Great Lakes can dump several feet of snow on the other side. A climate scientists explains why.
The Mahāyāna branch of Buddhism likely emerged around the first centuries A.D. and was most readily carried through the Silk Road and maritime trade routes.
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Florida International University
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Professor of Asian History & Health Humanities, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Hospitality Management, Colorado State University
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
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Associate Professor of Global Digital Media, UMass Amherst
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Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, and Professor of Earth Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology, Colorado State University
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Chancellor’s Professor of Art, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of School Psychology, Alfred University
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Assistant Professor of Operations, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College
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Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University
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Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Indiana University
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Professor of Law, University of South Carolina