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Stories from JSTOR Daily about education, libraries, learning, and student life.
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The Sovereignty of the Latter-day Saints

Less about morality than about rights, the Mormon War of 1858 hinged on the issue of polygamy, pitting a Utah community against federal authorities.
An Indian bistro in New York City

The Shrewd Business Logic of Immigrant Cooks

Savvy observers, immigrant restaurateurs operate as amateur anthropologists who analyze their potential customers to determine how to best attract them.
The game of Jai-Alai and the hall, Havana, Cuba

Hi, Jai Alai

Once popular across the United States, jai alai lives on in American sport culture mostly thanks to its history as a legal option for gambling.
Cricket in the United States, 1920

Endangered: North American Cricket

Cricket was played and cheered in the United States and Canada in the nineteenth century. Why did it fall out of favor with sports fans?
Manuscript Illumination with Singing Monks in an Initial D, from a Psalter

Monastic Chant: Praising God Out Loud

For medieval monks, chant was often a crucial part of worship, but theologians had different ideas about how the words and sounds helped evoke piety.
A chivalrous gentleman helps his lady friend onto the towpath from a punt at Richmond, London, 1925. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Complex History of American Dating

While going out on a date may seem like a natural thing to do these days, it wasn't always the case.
Cropped raised hand of male student with friends and teacher in classroom

9 Ways to Create an “Intellectually Humble” Classroom

A university faculty member offers practical pedagogical steps to incorporate in the classroom to foster an intellectually humble environment.
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From Gamification to Game-Based Learning

Use the JSTOR Daily Sleuth game to highlight the dangers of AI within academic research.
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The History of Peer Review Is More Interesting Than You Think

The term “peer review” was coined in the 1970s, but the referee principle is usually assumed to be as old as the scientific enterprise itself. (It isn’t.)