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Spring 2026

ChatGPT and the Meaning of Life

April 13, 2026 by Harvey Lederman

A philosopher contemplates the possibilities of human purpose in an AI world

Cold War Crate Digging

April 6, 2026 by Alex Reshanov

A digitized resource offers a glimpse of the Eastern Bloc from U.S. documents

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If You’re Not in Manhattan)

March 25, 2026 by Lauren Macknight

Jason Borge chases down the memory of jazz virtuoso Booker T. Pittman

Marketing the Liberal Arts: The Bookshelf, the Library, and Beyond

March 16, 2026 by Daniel Oppenheimer

Two visions of the liberal arts

Figures in the Firmament

March 11, 2026 by Leora Visotzky

A popular signature course explores the millennia-old relationship between religion and the cosmos

Let the Ancients Play

March 4, 2026 by Kaulie Watson

Want to understand ancient Greek music and theatre? Perform it

Looks Matter

February 23, 2026 by Alex Reshanov

RaMell Ross on the importance of aesthetics

Italians in Texas

February 2, 2026 by Maureen Turner

A research project with COLA’s Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program explores an often overlooked history

Because of Winedale

January 29, 2026 by Kaulie Watson

Bruce Meyer wants the show to go on forever

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