Study Abroad: It’s Not All Drinking And Nude Beaches

In the summer of 2012 students from the Middle East, South Asia, and the United States met in Ireland to learn about 1998’s historic Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland. Here are just some of the lessons they learned about peacemaking that they’re bringing back to their own communities.

Skills

Only 12 percent of Americans host people at home due to ‘shame’ and ‘pressure’

Nature

100 years ago, a rogue Washington geologist faced ridicule for his ‘catastrophic’ theory. He was right.

Science

Communication expert shares 2-step method for talking to people who never admit they’re wrong

Culture

In 1864, a photographer captured haunting photos of the last living soldiers from the Revolutionary War.