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From STEM to STEAM: How the arts are being reintegrated into schools

The past decade has seen an increase in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning in American schools, but in the push to p

Escapism via Travelogues: "The Kingdom by the Sea" and "Deep South" by Paul Ther

I yearned for exploration, but couldn’t afford many trips. And so the day I was gifted Paul Theroux’s The Kingdom by the Sea (1983), was the

The Art of the Crime Novel: The enduring legacy of a gripping genre

The time between the two world wars was considered the Golden Age of Crime. The proliferation of novels can be attributed to the number of p

Japanese Fashion: Cultural symbol as a pop culture commodity

Unfortunately, cultural symbols and fashions can and do become pop culture commodities. When people think of Japan, they likely think of Mt.

How a Momentary Hand Lettering Obsession Taught Me to Embrace Messy Doodling

As I got deeper and deeper into the “BuJo” world, I started to compare my chicken scratch markings with the elegant loops and curls of scrip

How Cities Are Using Strategic Design to Facilitate Mental Health

In Slate, Colin Ellard writes about the psychology of “boring architecture” and the impact that bland structures, have on cities

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