Jason Borge chases down the memory of jazz virtuoso Booker T. Pittman
Features
Cold War Crate Digging
A digitized resource offers a glimpse of the Eastern Bloc from U.S. documents
Let the Ancients Play
Want to understand ancient Greek music and theatre? Perform it
Blog
ChatGPT and the Meaning of Life
A philosopher contemplates the possibilities of human purpose in an AI world
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
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
Plan II Celebrates 90 Years and Plans for 90 More
At the celebrated honors program’s recent anniversary celebration, there was a clear message: There’s more where this came from
Research
Looks Matter
RaMell Ross on the importance of aesthetics
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
Books
The Long Road to Grown-Up
Shannon E. Cavanagh and Robert Crosnoe on how today’s young adults are redefining adulthood
Writing Toward Clarity
Jennifer Chang on Plato, patriarchy, and her Pulitzer-finalist poetry collection
