The year 2000 was pivotal for Dan Liberthson, PhD ’76, MA ’74. He turned 50 and embarked on the latter part of his life just as a new millennium began, a coincidence that catalyzed a profound change ...

Poetry transcends individual identity and serves as a vessel for greater meaning, according to Joy Harjo. “It’s really not about me at all—I’m just a kind of messenger,” Harjo said. “There’s something ...

From an early age, K Love the Poet felt a deep responsibility to nurture and uplift those around her. As a child, she gathered neighborhood kids on her porch, braided their hair, and took them to the ...

Lyric poets and mathematicians, by general agreement, do their best work young, while composers and conductors are evergreen, doing their best work, or more work of the same kind, as they age.

A patient with rare Stage 2 B-cell non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma used poetry to process their intense chemotherapy experience, capturing emotions from despair to humor. The poems were published in various ...

The evidence clearly shows that having a sense of purpose—no matter what that is—is good for us. Research shows that having a sense of purpose leads to better health outcomes for older adults, ...