The College of Humanities and Natural Sciences Dean’s office decided to start a blog in order to share with you all the innovative programs, events and classes we offer.  The College seems to be undergoing a renaissance of sorts.  Last month for example, the College hosted an Arabic poetry reading, a talk about the physical and chemical constraints on dinoflagellate ecology (not the ecology of surviving dinosaurs, but rather that of microscopic algae) in the Gulf of Mexico, a lecture on human rights, the controversial scholar Zizek (who lived up to his reputation), and a discussion on literature, indigeneity and change in Guatemala, just to name a few.

Our students are interviewing with Teach for America, speaking at conferences, publishing essays, and traveling around the world.  Our professors are taking their classes to cemeteries (not to bury students, but to learn the history of New Orleans), putting them on stage, and teaching them how to make diesel fuel.  Our staff has brought back the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society and is revamping the pre-law program, among other initiatives.

If you are involved in a program, course or event you’d like to tell the world about, please send a line to cruzline@loyno.edu