This track focuses on the role of language in social life. Students in the SAIL track will be introduced to a variety of theories and methods for analyzing language in diverse sociocultural, ...

TROY — Assigning words to movement is an inexact art, maybe even an impossible one. But for choreographer and former Merce Cunningham Dance Company performer Silas Riener, words intrigue. When he is ...

Research investigating early childhood bilingualism suggests two opposing theories explaining how the child learns to separate the two languages; a one-system theory in which the languages are ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. Since at least the 17th century, science has struggled with words. Francis Bacon, ...

First-year students at Marquette University learned oral history skills to record the stories of Milwaukee, Latinx activists who fought for bilingual education programs. Pictured are a group of ...

For those pushing for changes in society on race and other issues, words matter. They can also muddle. By Amy Harmon In California, a Black college freshman from the South is telling a story about his ...

On a residential block at the border between Brooklyn and Queens, Gottscheer Hall appears like a mirage from 1945. Blue awnings advertise the space for weddings and events. Inside, an entryway is ...