Franklin & Marshall College

Featuring scenes and songs that poke fun at both political parties and a variety of pundits--Second City proves there's no shortage of comedy coming out of Washington, DC, in this or any year.

What better way to celebrate Constitution Day than by actually reading the world's oldest written constitution?

What sociopolitical truths can be gleaned from the fine and diverse representation of cartoon art?  A talk with "Witty World" president and editorial director Joe Szabo.

Technological advancements in the design of optics, regulation of light, and image capture have advanced microscopy from a descriptive tool to an extremely powerful quantitative tool.

This year's line-up features La Vie en Rose, Persepolis, Dreams of Dust, Moliere, and Flanders.

Jacoby, the author of The Age of American Unreason, will focus on the convergence of social forces--usually treated as separate entities--that has created a perfect storm of anti-rationalism.

A fall peace forum from a former special adviser to the Israeli Prime Minister and the founder of the Israel-Palestinian Peace Coalition.

Are we, as humans, essentially altruistic beings whose natural state is to care for others--or is socialization the only thing holding us back from utter selfishness?

A professor of History and Science Studies and a member of the UC San Diego faculty since 1998, Oreskes is known for her seminal work dealing with the science of climate change, specifically on the societal framing and reception of the scientific consensus on global warming.

Horne, who has lived in New Orleans since the 1980s, is the author of Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City.

National reports have identified K-8 science learning as the critical gateway to all later STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) achievement.  What could this mean for science education at the college level?