Loneliness vs. Solitude
Americans are spending more of their time alone, but that doesn’t mean an impending national epidemic of loneliness.
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AI in the Classroom
After experimenting with generative AI in the classroom, McGill professor Xander Manshel ’09, MA English ’14 concluded that the quality of AI-assisted student work was not as high as what the students produced themselves.
150 Years Revisited
The New York Times followed geology professor Jeff Munroe on a backpacking research trip into the Uinta Mountains of Utah to recreate a series of photographs made in 1870 by the U.S. Geological Survey.
To Learn Is to Remember
Jesse Bowman Bruchac, director of the School of Abenaki, writes about the role of memory in learning and teaching a language, as well as different strategies for strengthening language memory.
Show Some Love to Sharks
The new Monterey Bay White Sharks website is part of a larger mission to demystify, conserve, and spotlight how majestic—and central to the ocean ecosystem—white sharks are.
Newly Discovered Frost Poem
“Nothing New,” which Robert Frost wrote in 1918, has been published for the first time in The New Yorker.
New Tricks for Your Mind
Research indicates that approaching your regular day with a new mindset can transform the daily grind, writes philosophy professor Lorraine Besser in The Conversation.
Spirituality and Science
Writer Jessica Gigot ’01 interviewed Andi Lloyd, former biology professor and vice president for academic affairs, on her podcast, Her Deepest Ecologies.
Monterey Trialogue
In the newest Midd Moment podcast episode, experts Anna Vassilieva and Peter Slezkine talk about their work shaping the Monterey Trialogue.