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September 26, 2019A New Year in October: The hope of Jewish studies
Do you hear the shofar blast? From sundown September 29 to sundown October 1 marks the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. To celebrate these good tidings, the College of Liberal Arts sat down with three professors whose teaching focuses on the ever-expanding Jewish studies.
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September 4, 2019Can sun umbrellas ever become fashionable again in America?
In Asian countries, many people wield umbrellas to protect them from the sun. American women used to as well – but then stopped.
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August 26, 2019Six things to do on campus before the end of the semester
To help you start off your new semester in Aggieland, we’ve put together a list of six things everyone should do before the end of the fall term.
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July 22, 2019Would Apollo 11 have happened without Russia?
A Texas A&M technology historian explains why the 1969 moon landing could have been delayed – or not happened at all – without the Soviet Union’s space ambitions.
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March 8, 2019A passion for people
We are honoring the 2019 International Women's Day and Women's History Month this week by highlighting three College of Liberal Arts women making history.
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February 21, 20192019 Fallon-Marshall Lecture
Join the College of Liberal Arts for the 2019 Fallon-Marshall Lecture discussing the topic of "Trust in the Age of Social Media."
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January 29, 2019Local Newspaper Closures Polarize Voters, Choke Political Progress
Residents are less informed, less engaged in their communities and less influential with their legislators in cities where polarized national news sources are replacing shuttered local newspapers.
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January 21, 2019Closing the gap
Sociology professor Joe Feagin was recently awarded for continuing the work of understanding and countering racism.
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January 18, 2019Robert D. Putnam visits Aggieland
The College of Liberal Arts and the Hagler Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS) are proud to welcome award-winning author Robert Putnam on February 6, 2019, at 7 p.m. at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center.
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September 1, 2018Anyone can be a big fish
In keeping with his position as one of the college’s development officers, and inspired by his time as a camper, counselor, co-chair, Andrew Millar '14 has made his own gift to the Fish Camp Membership Endowment so that future students might share in these experiences.