Nov
17
For Times Such as This: Diving As A Transferable Skill
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This post is the sixth of our new season of the From the Field student blog series: For Times Such as This. If you have not yet done so, please read this post for some brief context. Deep sea divers are brave souls. They, on their own volition, search out the innermost bowels of the […]
Nov
17
For Times Such as This: The Purpose of Life
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This post is the fifth of our new season, For Times Such as This. If you have not yet done so, please read this season-opening post for some brief context. Students in our politics and international relations capstone course just finished their second book of the course, Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most […]
Nov
10
For Times Such as This: Empathy and Commonality, The “Simple” Solutions to Human Communication
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This post is the third of our new season, For Times Such as This. If you have not yet done so, please read this introduction for some brief context. In his book If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?, Alan Alda tackles what it is exactly that prevents people, especially […]
Nov
3
For Times Such as This: Empowerment through Empathy
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This post is the second of our new season, For Times Such as This. If you have not yet done so, please read this introduction for some brief context. Alan Alda’s If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? argues that communication is a two-way street, placing responsibility in the hands of […]