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Government Grad Explains How Liberal Arts and Tech Can Come Together
John Newcomb, a recent government alum who graduated in December, used his liberal arts education and preparation from Liberal Arts Career Services to help him land a job at Facebook. Read more with Newcomb on his college experience, the value of an internship and the power of critical thinking below. What made you want to…
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The Road to Gender Equity: Still Under Construction
Christine Williams has heard her share of conflicting arguments about gender equality in the sociology course she’s taught for more than two decades at The University of Texas at Austin. But there is always one question that gives her pause: “Women have achieved equality, so why is feminism relevant?” “I’m always taken aback when students…
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Revolution of a New Media Culture
With the advent of new media technologies, people around the world have instant access to uncensored news and images of revolutions through Twitter, blogs, Facebook, YouTube and an array of other social networking platforms. Since the Arab Spring began in 2010, conversations about the “digital war” have centered on the power of social media. Did…
