Social Sciences

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November 24, 2025

What Is a �ʺ�Ƶ��ie, Anyway?

Meet twelve graduates from the class of ’25.

Edited by Bennett Campbell Ferguson and Cara Nixon

March 10, 2025

Nina Simone’s Gum

Religion 363 students seek to answer: How does a thing like, say, a piece of gum, transform into a religious artifact?

March 12, 2025

Finding the Words

In 2024, Aidan Mokalla ’25 traveled to Tajikistan to study Persian as part of the Critical Language Scholarship program.

October 11, 2024

Eating a Moment

We visit a Bay Area Japanese izakaya, owned and operated by chef and author of the new Rintaro cookbook Sylvan Mishima Brackett ’98.

October 11, 2024

Prof. Kris Anderson [psychology] journeyed to Barcelona as part of �ʺ�Ƶ��’s faculty research exchange. Her visit to a residential treatment facility there taught her about the universality of the struggle to overcome addiction.

June 3, 2024

�ʺ�Ƶ�� Faculty Reflect on Recent Publications

Six professors discuss their recent works spanning the storied life of Buddha, the Soviet Jewish bookshelf, essays on the Qur'an and Islam, and more.

July 16, 2024

Financial Savvy and Glitter for All

Lillian Karabaic ’13, an ice-skating, Bowie-loving finance reporter who has spent over a decade transforming people's relationship with money, is on to the next challenge.