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Liberal Arts Refugee Alliance Introduces New Residents to Austin: Q&A with Founding Member Sarah Fischer
Sarah Fischer is an international relations & global studies and journalism sophomore from Mechanicsville, Maryland. She is a founding member of the Liberal Arts Refugee Alliance, which started last...
Op-Ed Project Fellows Address Challenges African Americans Still Face Today
Turn to the op-ed pages of any major newspaper, and you’ll see how writers are wielding the power of the written word to keep people honest, to speak out about injustices, to shake readers out of apathy....
Thomas Jefferson's Qur’an
It was a chance discovery of a 1782 broadside—advertising a play performed in Baltimore about the Prophet Muhammad—that piqued the curiosity of Denise Spellberg, professor of history and Middle Eastern...
Keeping A Pulse On Population Health
A few years ago, a Plan II Honors student in Marc Musick’s sociology lecture came to him with a question. Musick had been talking about the shortage of doctors in rural and inner city areas. The student...

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Career Services Goes ‘Beyond Liberal Arts’ with Professional Development Series

Posted on 20 Feb 2015

Students in the College of Liberal Arts can get firsthand instruction about important workplace skills and etiquette through...

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Two Liberal Arts Advisors Receive 2015 Vick Award

11 Feb 2015

Plan II Student’s Research Could Change How Diseases Are Diagnosed

05 Feb 2015

History Professor Wins Prestigious Book Award

26 Jan 2015

15 Minute History Named Best Podcast of 2014

10 Dec 2014

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On This Pearl Harbor Anniversary, Our Relationship with Japan is Changing Again

Posted on 09 Dec 2014

Seventy-three years ago on December 7 marked the beginning of a new era in world history. After what President Franklin...

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Pakistan Exchange Benefits Global Scholarship

04 Dec 2014

Americans Work Too Much, and That Needs to Change

04 Sep 2014

The Politics of Immigration Puts Our Elders at Risk

27 Aug 2014

Why are Rituals Alive and Well in Sports?

14 Jul 2014

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