Arts & Humanities
- Kelsey John's Navajo-centered Horses Connecting Communities initiative offers culturally relevant, practical education about horses.
- With this year marking the 60th anniversary of "Dune," ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s Benjamin Robertson discusses the book's popular appeal while highlighting the dramatic changes science fiction experienced following its publication.
- In what would have been B.B. King's 100th birthday year, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· music scholar Shawn O'Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025.
- ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Ʒ’s Ann Schmiesing, professor of German and Scandinavian studies, has published the first English-language biography in more than five decades on Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
- "Who Let The Dogs Out," the Baha Men hit released 25 years ago, occupies a distinctive spot in music and sports history, along with "Macarena" and other novelty "ear worms."
- In this edition of "Unlocking Scholarly Publishing," the University Libraries dive into pop star Taylor Swift's journey into becoming a champion for author's rights.
- ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s William Kuskin, who teaches a course on comics and graphic novels, considers Superman's enduring appeal as Hollywood debuts a new adaptation about the Man of Steel.
- Fifty years after "Jaws" made swimmers flee the ocean, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· cinema scholar Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz explains how the 1975 summer hit endures as a classic.
- When Taylor Howard dove into research on Sister Mary Dominic Ray, she was expecting to find the nun's biography, books she annotated or articles she wrote. Instead, she unlocked a highly varied collection of documents that left Sister Mary a mystery.
- "The Great Gatsby" remains relevant for modern readers by shapeshifting with the times, says ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· scholar Martin Bickman.