Articles with keyword "Humanities"
Conversation
Taking the Humanities to the People
James Veninga, former director of the Texas council, talks with NEH Chairman William R. Ferris about renewing civic life.
In Focus
Alice Smith Barkley
For twenty years, North Carolina's Alice Smith Barkley has spearheaded programs ranging from literacy campaigns to oral history training.
The Root of STEM: The Buzz from the McBee-hive
The science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields are --and will be--essential in a world that is increasingly dependent on digital technology for our social interactions, economic livelihood, national security, and grumpy cat memes. But this is not to say that the STEM fields have nothing to benefit from the humanities or that technological invention and innovation precludes the vital place humanities education and research has in a digital landscape.
In Focus
Maggie Coval of Colorado
Chautauquas, storytelling create "magical format" for the Humanities
Feature
Extraordinary Lives
A group who saved Western art from Nazi looting and a California farmer who redefined ancient warfare are included in the latest list of National Humanities Medalists.



