By Dr. William R. Polk / 09.02.2016 Former Professor of History University of Chicago Recently, the International Monetary Fund made grim projections for US economy in the times to come. Well, perhaps not necessarily completely grim. Maybe the IMF projections will be a wake-up call. Perhaps this and general discontent with the way the country[…]
Students are moving into their dorms. How best can they learn? Tulane Publications By Dr. Beth McCuskey / 08.21.2016 Vice Provost for Student Life Purdue University Does living on campus support learning and student success? As families consider the living options available to their college students and look at the costs of college education, what[…]
The story of oceans is the story of life. Oceans define our home planet, covering the majority of Earth’s surface and driving the water cycle that dominates our land and atmosphere. But more profound still, the story of our oceans envelops our home in a far larger context that reaches deep into the universe and[…]
By Anna Greer / 08.20.2016 Why We Need to Embrace Sadness in Life I was at a set of traffic lights recently and an old woman was unable to cross the road before the green man turned red. The car in front of her impatiently beeped his horn as she slowly shuffled to the other[…]