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Join the live virtual event
Ask questions and listen to a live discussion with Professor Declan Kiberd on Wednesday, August 5, at 1 pm EDT. Register to receive information about how to join the live event....
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Meet the Instructor
Declan Kiberd is the Emeritus Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies and Professor of English and Irish Language and Literature. Professor Kiberd is a native of...
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Most productive workforce may require indefinite affirmative action, study shows
Affirmative action policies have been debated for decades and Supreme Court rulings have guided how universities structure their admission policies. It stands to reason that...
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Global Supply Chains in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Over the past half century, globalization has transformed how nations, firms, and workers compete in the international economy. A sociologist with a business mindset, Gary Gereffi...
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Gear treated with āforever chemicalsā poses risk to firefighters
Firefighters face occupational hazards on a daily basis. Now, new research shows they face additional risk just by gearing up. Fabric used for firefighter turnout gear tested...
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Chelsea Hans Salone Botanical Soup Plate
The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, the first major porcelain factory in England, was established in the early 1740s and operated independently until 1770 when it merged with Derby...
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Wood-fired stoneware
Peter Voulkos grew up in Bozeman, Montana. He attended Montana State College to study art in the late 1940s on the G.I. Bill after WWII. He began studying painting, but when he...
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The Workers’ Forum: Conversations on Workers’ Rights, Resources & Roles During the Pandemic
The Higgins Labor Program at the Center for Social Concerns presents the first event of the Workersā Forum, a series of discussions on workersā rights, resources, and roles...
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Driftwood in a Cave
Jack B. Yeats is celebrated as one of Irelandās great modern painters. Born in London in 1871, he and his family were enmeshed in the Irish literary and artistic revival...
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Maquette for Wing Generator
Richard Hunt developed an interest in art from an early age. From seventh grade on, he attended the Junior School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Hunt then went on to study there...
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The Blue Carborundum Robe
Jim Dine has long been on the cutting edge of the Contemporary art scene from his early days in New York, working with artist Claes Oldenburg, his work on Happenings and...
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..wind-deer and the honey-grassā¦
Pfaffās work ranges across disciplinesāfrom painting to printmaking to sculpture to installationābut is perhaps best described as painting in space. Manipulating materials...
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