Humanities, History and Social Sciences Department Associate Professor Teresa Prados-Torreira brings scholarly humor into the classroom with her new position as vice president of the American Humor Studies Association. AHSA is an organization dedicated to the study of American...

Faculty members learned about legal policies that apply to the classroom including educational policies regarding discrimination, harassment and privacy during the second “LegalToolkit for the Inclusive Classroom” session. The first of the two sessions was hosted in the 1104 S. W...

On any day in the early 1950s, South Michigan Avenue between Roosevelt and Cermak roads radiated with the music of the Mississippi Delta. Top recording artists crowded the restaurants and walked the Cadillac-lined streets, bringing music like gospel, jazz, soul and blues to the ears of anyone who wanted to listen. This was Record Row.It was a time when African-American musicians were finally able to be heard by a wide audience. Men...

It is both a strange wonder and a great blessing that Hollywood has yet to roll out a Beatles biopic. Although it probably has more to do with stringent copyright laws than anything else, it’s encouraging to know an unauthorized feature film of the Fab Four has yet to come to fruition.Although biopics such as “Ray” are popular and often critically acclaimed, they rarely offer any new or original insight on their subjects. “I’m Not There,” the Bob Dylan film written and directed by Todd Haynes, comes close to r...