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Franz Kafka’s Best Friend

Kafka’s late story about a philosopher dog, like most of his stories about animals, is really about our lost humanity.
Austin historian tells the under-told story of Audley Moore, “one of the most important activists and theorists of the ...
Bruce Lee shifted the U.S. zeitgeist, and author Jeff Chang maps out "how Kung Fu became American" in his newest book.
Ahead of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature’s joint meeting, publishers shared highlights ...
As with many things Trump, the administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” provoked accusations of ...
The initiative is part of a planned restructuring of the general education curriculum that will reduce requirements for ...
We speak with Brenda Flanagan and Hana Waisserová about their book, which explores how women in pre-1989 Czechoslovakia used art to resistppression.
Hear from recent Duke appointee Retired Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and other Duke faculty and staff on what it takes to develop empathetic and character-forward leaders.
In the heart of Nebraska’s rolling plains sits a bargain hunter’s paradise where treasure seekers can transform a modest ...
In the heartland of America, tucked away in the charming town of Lyons, Nebraska, exists a treasure hunter’s paradise where ...
At 73, Michael Gustin has spent almost 30 years teaching at Rice. The professor of biosciences has left his mark on the ...