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Johns Hopkins professor speaks on education inequality
William Egginton, director of the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University, gave a lecture entitled “How Education Went from the Great Equalizer to the Great Divider, and What We Can Do to Fix it”... -
San Antonio students carefully transcribing letters of former slaves
The room gets crowded as Trinity University hosts "Frederick Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon" with volunteers entering the handwritten notes by slaves into a common database... -
Students, faculty transcribe black history in library
People came from all around the Trinity community to help make a difference and recognize the historical influence of Frederick Douglass. Claudia Stokes, chair of the English department and organizer of the event, believes that...
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Humanities Day a celebration of Trinity’s core values
“I’ve never read a book that started with the sentence, ‘I did what my mother told me.’ ” These are the words of newspaperman and entrepreneur Robert Rivard, a guest on the second panel of Trinity’s first Humanities Day...
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‘Taking the long view’ with Daniel Mendelsohn
“All criticism, I think, is ultimately an ethical or moral undertaking,” said Mendelsohn, an award-winning author and part-time professor at Bard College. “But I want to push back against that inevitable normativity... -
Solidarity vigil held to stand against hate
On Monday, Aug. 21, the Humanities Collective offered a space for the Trinity community to gather and stand in solidarity with the victims of the Charlottesville riot, the Barcelona attack and other acts of violence....