Verizon recently released its 2014 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, which presents results from an analysis of over 63,000 cyber security incidents that have occurred during the past ten years. Using tools from the rapidly expanding field of Data Science,…
Born in 1946, we are Good Fortune’s children. The tip of the Baby Boomer spear, we began high school riding a wave of American prosperity, witnessed the solidification of the middle class, and shared…
This blog forum features writing about writing, from the faculty members of Lewis University’s First-Year Writing Program, who are challenged and delighted to teach students how to understand and meet the complexities of college and…
There are riots on the streets of Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a city which never sleeps. On its warm evenings, the streets are filled with office workers wending their way home as well as…
So has it been an active or inactive year for hurricanes? It depends upon which ocean you are referring to. The Atlantic Ocean has been relatively quiet with only 5 named storms, 4 becoming hurricanes,…
Hi. I’m Dr. Jackie White, Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of English Studies & World Languages, native Illinoisan, proud holder of a U.S. passport, child of the Americas, citizen of the world. I’m…
It’s Ben Fountain’s Billy Lynn’s Long Half-Time Walk. I sought it out as a preparation for teaching the critically acclaimed Redeployment (2014), a short story collection by Phil Klay, in my 21st Century Fiction class.…
Weather Blog by Rick Di Maio Welcome to FALL 2014! The Equinox Arrived Monday! Is it Weather or Climate? Often times, people might say that the snowstorm in the Rockies does not makes sense since…
The Scottish people have spoken. Democracy worked. Voters from age 16 onward voted on the Yes/No referendum: we stay in the United Kingdom or we leave. The majority said that the United Kingdom would endure. …
In the following blog I provide an summary of Alain de Botton’s Art is Therapy Project and then apply his thinking to curriculum issues, timely I hope given that Lewis is close to a launch…