04.26.2017 For the past couple of days, fashion retailer Nordstrom has been the butt of a lot of jokes on social media, after it was revealed that it is selling a pair of jeans caked in fake mud for a whopping $425. The Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans are apparently brand new, but make you look like[…]
Monument at the Osipovichi Jewish cemetery / Photo by Alexander Litin, 2009 By Jan Schwarz / 04.11.2016 Associate Professor of Yiddish Studies Lund University 27 (2016) Abstract After the Holocaust’s near complete destruction of European Yiddish cultural centres, the Yiddish language was largely viewed as a remnant of the past, tragically eradicated in its prime.[…]
French Menu / Photo by Chris Cameron, Flickr, Creative Commons By Dr. Angela Grant / 10.28.2016 Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow Concordia University Remember the last time you took a language course? No matter if it was online or classroom-based, immersive or translation-focused, I’d bet a large sum that your language abilities when you left that course[…]
The Positive Psychlopedia, Creative Commons By Dr. Joel Wong (left) and Dr. Joshua Brown (right) / 06.06.2017 Wong: Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology Brown: Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences Indiana University With the rise of managed health care, which emphasizes cost-efficiency and brevity, mental health professionals have had to confront this burning question:[…]
Image by John Hain, Pixabay, Creative Commons How do you stay true to yourself without letting others down? Here are tips to get started. By Dr. Christine Carter / 06.21.2017 Senior Fellow Greater Good Science Center University of California, Berkeley Authenticity is popular these days. Celebrity media campaigns encourage marginalized youth to “be themselves.” Even[…]