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Does Europa harbor a habitable environment beneath its icy shell? A CAS professor is helping NASA's Europa Clipper find out.

Professor Phil Scher uses science fiction and alien cultures to teach anthropology—and to challenge college students’ assumptions about humanity.

Are liberal arts degrees becoming obsolete? Far from it, say CAS faculty who are evolving liberal arts education as part of the college's new strategy to prepare students for jobs that don’t exist yet.

Sociology graduate student Haisu Huang studies what Holiday Farm Fire survivors underwent in evacuation, recovery and rebuilding from the 2020 wildfires.

This academic year, nine tenure-track faculty members are joining the College of Arts and Sciences, in what is a comprehensive investment in the college’s Latinx studies-related course offerings, in several departments across the college's three divisions.

Students come to the College of Arts and Sciences seeking a degree, but many find something even greater: a sense of belonging, connection and purpose.

Sociology Associate Professor Krystale Littlejohn's latest book explores the impact of overturning the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion.