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Tribute to International Writers Center Founder William Gass

Director Jean Allman, the J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities, offers her thoughts on the passing of William H. Gass, founder of the International Writers Center, which later broadened its scope as a humanities center.

Three questions with Dean Barbara Schaal on why science matters

As past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society, Schaal often advocates for scientific funding. Here, she explains why science is a good investment.

Disobedient Reading: A Long Look Over Black Life

In his new book, Jeffrey McCune scrutinizes topics such as neo-slave narratives, homophobia in hip-hop, anti-black police, and state violence.

NASA features the SuperTIGER project on their blog