Andrew Riggsby blends classics with cognitive science
Features
Carmen, Chameleon
Jennifer Wilks tracks an opera heroine’s many guises, from Bizet to Beyoncé
A Gift for Real Dialogue
With a gift to the College of Liberal Arts, Carl and Tamara Tricoli have created opportunities for students to engage in challenging but invaluable conversations
Blog
MALS Celebrates 10 Years with “Knowledge is Power”
The Department of Mexican American & Latina/o Studies invited two artists to commemorate its first decade with a custom mural, now open to the public
Empowering Empathy on Campus
With the launch of the Student Well-Being Center, Humanitas prioritizes students’ mental health
Illustrating COLA: A Q&A with Dave McClinton
Meet the artist behind COLA’s latest poster project — and get a preview of the final designs
Highbrow Advice For Life: More Than Baseball
What wisdom can we learn from “wisdom literature”?
Teaching & Learning
Law, Societies, and Justice for All
UT’s Initiative for Law, Societies, and Justice unites scholars, researchers, students, and community organizers in the pursuit of a more equitable criminal justice system
Where the Great Books Live
The Jefferson Center for Core Texts and Ideas relies on the great books to prepare its students for the future
Hunting Oppenheimer
Bruce Hunt regularly teaches a course at UT on the “History of the Atomic Bomb” — and he has a few quibbles with Christopher Nolan’s latest film
Research
In COLA, A New Student Research Landscape Takes Shape
In the past few years, the College of Liberal Arts has developed a rich ecosystem of research opportunities that are rapidly reshaping how undergraduates engage with scholarly work
Who’s Counting?
Anat Schechtman on non-quantitative notions of infinity
Modeling Disability Justice, One Relative Unit of Forward Movement at a Time
Alison Kafer and Julie Minich are using their institutional platform — along with a financial boost from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation — to make waves in the field of disability studies
Books
A Tale of Three Nations
Sociologist Kim Pernell on what financial policy can tell us about what nations do or don’t prioritize — and why
Writing Portraits
Javier Auyero on his new book, “Portraits of Persistence: Inequality and Hope in Latin America”
