Political scientist Mary Katzenstein reflects on what the inhumanities of prison teach us about being human.

Sociologist Trevor Pinch looks at the entanglement of human and non-human today.

Classicist Michael Fontaine takes a new look at mental distress, from an ancient point of view.

Psychologist David Pizarro reflects on what makes us wise.

Nobel Laureate and the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, Emeritus, explains what chemistry teaches us about being human.

Laura Spitz, Vice Provost for International Affairs and a Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean at Cornell Law School examines what role the law plays in the social construction of what it means to be human.

English professor Laura Brown explores whether the nature of love is different when it is towards animals instead of humans.

Professor of Disability Studies Susanne Bruyere spotlights the value of our many diverse ways of being human.

Susanne Bruyere is the Director of the K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability and a Professor of Disability Studies

Amid the rising waters of climate change, historian Aaron Sachs finds sense in the theatre of the absurd. Aaron Sachs, Professor of History

Roboticist Guy Hoffman describes a future with robots based on relationship, not conflict.