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Jeremy Schifeling '03

Entrepreneur Jeremy Schifeling '03 Charts Path from Liberal Arts to Tech

April 21st, 2017

Schifeling, founder and CEO of a firm that provides career advisory services, found that five liberal arts majors account for more than 50,000 jobs at Internet companies. Read More: Entrepreneur Jeremy Schifeling '03 Charts Path from Liberal Arts to Tech

Peter Schmidt

Listen: Peter Schmidt Shares a Literature Professor's Perspective on Politics

March 15th, 2017

Schmidt discusses examples that literary writers have used to help people think about politics and power. Read More: Listen: Peter Schmidt Shares a Literature Professor's Perspective on Politics

Nelson Flores '03

Listen: Envisioning Public/Engaged Scholarship

February 28th, 2017

Educator Nelson Flores '03 delivered the keynote address at the Public Discourse & Democracy series event that also featured a faculty discussion. Read More: Listen: Envisioning Public/Engaged Scholarship

Lara Langer Cohen

English Professor Lara Langer Cohen Awarded Humanities Fellowship

February 17th, 2017

Cohen will spend next year working on her current book project, Before Subculture: Nineteenth-Century Genealogies of the Underground. Read More: English Professor Lara Langer Cohen Awarded Humanities Fellowship

Antje Ravic Strubel

Listen: Author Antje Rávic Strubel Reads from Into the Woods of the Human Heart

December 23rd, 2016

Rrenowned contemporary German writer Antje Rávic Strubel read from her new episodic novel, Into the Woods of the Human Heart (2016). Read More: Listen: Author Antje Rávic Strubel Reads from Into the Woods of the Human Heart

Julie Lange Hall '55

In Memory of Julie Lange Hall '55

December 13th, 2016

Hall is remembered as a highly valued board member whose passionate yet unassuming advocacy for education and the arts inspired those who knew her. Read More: In Memory of Julie Lange Hall '55

Sunka Simon

Eight Faculty Projects Receive Digital Humanities Curricular Grants

November 30th, 2016

Professor of German Sunka Simon is one of nine faculty members to receive grants that support the use and development of digital tools and platforms for work in the humanities. Read More: Eight Faculty Projects Receive Digital Humanities Curricular Grants

Jamie Thomas

Faculty Offer Post-Election Thoughts

November 18th, 2016

Historians and political scientists weigh in, as do philosophers and poets. Read More: Faculty Offer Post-Election Thoughts

Joe McGinnis Jr. '94

Adam Haslett ‘92 and Joe McGinniss Jr. ‘94 Nominated for Prestigious Literary Award

October 21st, 2016

Haslett and McGinnis Jr. (left) are finalists for the Kirkus Prize for their recent works of fiction; winners will be announced Nov. 3. Read More: Adam Haslett ‘92 and Joe McGinniss Jr. ‘94 Nominated for Prestigious Literary Award

A'Dorian Murray-Thomas '16

White House Honors Mary Schmidt Campbell '69 and A'Dorian Murray-Thomas '16

October 3rd, 2016

Campbell, the president of Spelman College, and Murray-Thomas (left), founder and executive director of SHE Wins, were recognized as "Champions of Change for College Opportunity" at a ceremony on Friday. Read More: White House Honors Mary Schmidt Campbell '69 and A'Dorian Murray-Thomas '16

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