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Doug Bruster

William Shakespeare’s Relevance in Today’s Society is Changing

April 24, 2014 by Douglas Bruster

If anniversaries are a good time for taking stock, Shakespeare’s 450th birthday on April 23 offers the perfect reason to ask about his plays and poems, and what the future may hold for them. The writings of this country boy from Stratford are legendary. Thoughts and images came so easily from his pen that other […]

Professor Art Markman. Photo: Marsha Miller.

Liberal Arts Matter in a STEM World

April 16, 2014 by Art Markman

Isaac Barchasis the director of the Austin Technology Incubator, which helps early-stage technology companies to develop in order to get an initial round of funding from investors. From that perch, you might imagine that he sees science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the STEM disciplines) as the core of economic growth in Austin. And, to be […]

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