Core Stories

Sappho because she said so much with so little.

Anonymous

The Core thinker/artist/writer that affected me most was...

Inspiring, impactful, life-changing.

Anonymous

When I think about the Core, these three words come to mind...

How to critically evaluate the Western Canon from a progressive lens.

Sal Volpe ’19

Something I learned in the Core was...

Toni Morrison
Anonymous

The Core thinker/artist/writer that affected me most was...Toni Morrison: she brought new and brilliant insights to biblical texts.

Toni Morrison: she brought new and brilliant insights to biblical texts.

Anonymous

The Core thinker/artist/writer that affected me most was...

The Decameron: it personalizes an era by making it funny and makes the reader understand the realism of the era.

Liz Marino ’20

My favorite work in the Core is...

Nietzsche, Foucault, or Mill in CC: Nicole Callahan is a brilliant professor who taught us how to use these texts...

Anonymous

The Core thinker/artist/writer that affected me most was...

...to inform our actions and lives.

Learned quite a bit about art history as well as analysis through Art Hum.

Felix Lien ’21

Something I learned in the Core was...

Foucault: I saw institutions and the relationship between power and knowledge very different after reading Discipline and Punish.

Mary ’21

The Core thinker/artist/writer that affected me most was...

If Not, Winter / Fragments of Sappho

Anna Oppenheim ’23

My favorite work in the Core is...

I learned to listen.

Anonymous

Something I learned in the Core was...

Nietzsche: Understanding the underbelly of power is important!

Anonymous

My favorite work in the Core is...

Thought-provoking, exciting, learning

Anonymous

When I think about the Core, these three words come to mind...

Truth may not be a singularity.

Harrison Zhang ’22

Something I learned in the Core was...

Aristophanes
W. Liman ’23

The Core thinker/artist/writer that affected me most was...Aristotle/Aristophanes: I have always gravitated towards Aristophanes' theory

Art Humanities: My professor is the best professor in the world! Because of her/Art Hum, I decided to major in Art history :)
 

Susie Zhu ’21

Something I learned in the Core was...

The Sympathizer: that was the first book I've ever read in an academic setting that was written by an Asian-American author.

Anonymous

My favorite work in the Core is...

Perspective, interdisciplinary, history

Raley ’22

When I think about the Core, these three words come to mind...