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Critical thinking, storytelling, ethics and human understanding: these are the enduring foundations of a humanities education, and are essential in addressing today’s grand challenges. We invite you to learn more about the School of Humanities.

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UCI classicists and students explain why the Odyssey, and the classics, still resonate
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