Jason Borge chases down the memory of jazz virtuoso Booker T. Pittman
Features
Let the Ancients Play
Want to understand ancient Greek music and theatre? Perform it
Looks Matter
RaMell Ross on the importance of aesthetics
Blog
Marketing the Liberal Arts: The Bookshelf, the Library, and Beyond
Two visions of the liberal arts
Biting into History
COLA senior Hannah Arulanandam on what ancient teeth can tell us
How Can We Tell if a Machine is Conscious?
Michael Tye’s new (Newtonian) approach
Because of Winedale
Bruce Meyer wants the show to go on forever
Teaching & Learning
Figures in the Firmament
A popular signature course explores the millennia-old relationship between religion and the cosmos
Deus Ex Machina?
Chad Seales explores the parallels between AI and religion
More Than a Language
UT’s Yoruba studies program goes beyond grammar to connect students with Yoruba culture in West Africa and the diaspora
Research
Italians in Texas
A research project with COLA’s Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program explores an often overlooked history
Tasting India Through Historical Texts
Andrea Gutiérrez explores Indian culture through premodern recipes
Digging Into the Past to Prepare for the Future
A team of UT Austin researchers look for climate solutions in the deep past
Books
Writing Toward Clarity
Jennifer Chang on Plato, patriarchy, and her Pulitzer-finalist poetry collection
Encountering Albania
Chelsi West Ohueri explores belonging and the communist afterlife
