Search Results for: common ground
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June 22, 2021Fit to Print
New York Times national correspondent Rick Rojas ’10 draws from his natural curiosity to tell some of the nation’s biggest stories in real-time.
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October 7, 2020Why We All Fall for Conspiracy Theories
Believing conspiracy theories and superstitions can be both good and bad. Experts explain what they are and why we fall for them.
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September 22, 2020What to Read During Hispanic Heritage Month
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with good reads recommended by Dr. Sarah Misemer, Hispanic studies professor and associate director of LAUNCH: Undergraduate Research.
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August 19, 20202020 Liberal Arts Bookmarks
Reviews of a few good reads from people in and around the College of Liberal Arts, featuring a reading list from Dean Matthews!
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February 28, 2020Religion and race: “Preserving a sense of the black community’s very identity”
In honor of Black History Month, we wrap up our series with a conversation with assistant professor Daniel Bare about the role of race and religion in the African American community.
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February 24, 2020Is The Two-Party System In Crisis?
As both the left and right become more polarized, a Texas A&M political scientist discusses how populist leaders are changing the face of America's political parties.
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October 18, 2019National Book Month: Women in Book History
October is National Book Month, and the College of Liberal Arts will be celebrating all month long! This week we look at Women in Book History, and re-share the story of two doctoral students that received a MLA honor for their project, Women in Book History Bibliography.
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October 17, 2019Reflecting on “Educated” — The complex nature of the human story
In this recap of the 2019 Common Ground event, each faculty member's commentary on Educated by Tara Westover shows the complex nature of making sense of the human story — a task that the College of Liberal Arts continually seeks to do.
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October 11, 2019
National Book Month: The 20th annual Glasscock Humanities Book Prize
October is National Book Month, and the College of Liberal Arts will be celebrating all month long! Last week, we featured this year’s Common Ground book. Next up is this year’s Glasscock Book Prize — Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary by Louis Hyman.
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October 3, 2019
National Book Month: Educated
October is National Book Month, and the College of Liberal Arts will be celebrating all month long! To kick off this month-long series, we begin with a Common Ground edition of National Book Month.