This graduate course offers students a rare chance to gain firsthand experience prior to launching their careers and embarking on years of board service.
A favorite class focuses on the tendency to see meaningful patterns where there aren’t any, such as constellations of stars.
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A professor shows science students how humanities classes are the real stem that other disciplines sprout from. They learn that critical thinking and skepticism don’t stop when they leave the lab.
Rap mogul Rick Ross, right, speaks in a hospitality class hosted by entrepreneur David Grutman.
Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Florida International University (FIU)
A scholar of history of education and American politics explains what is behind his course on conspiracy theories and how students learn to debunk fake ideas.
Learning to program requires mastering the nitty-gritty of code syntax. Generative AI turns out to be good at that. Adding AI to intro programming courses frees students to focus on problem-solving.
Laws that govern cannabis use are changing across the nation.
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Spanning evolutionary biology, genetics, development, neurobiology, endocrinology and psychology, as well as current events and sports, students explore the complexities of the biology of sex.
Thoughts become works of art in this engineering class.
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Poetry and prose are prominent features in this course about how climate change is affecting the world.
A painting from the ancient Egyptian tomb of Niankhkhum and Khnumhotep, royal servants whom some scholars have interpreted to be lovers.
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Writing about same-sex relationships and gender beyond a strict male-female binary was more common in ancient Greece and Rome than students assume, a scholar writes.
Can knowing how to handle a sword help in other areas of life?
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A former fencer who fell in love with the samurai sword explains how learning to wield the weapon can help people stave off trouble in other areas of life.
Some fairy tales aren’t so innocent.
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan