A program at the University of Wisconsin at Madison called the Public Humanities Exchange or “HEX” offers an admirable example of what I mean. A living legacy of the progressive-era idea that the university should serve the whole state, the HEX program sponsors local projects?often involving graduate students?that take the university outside of its own walls. In one continuing project, two graduate students, Colleen Lucey in Slavic languages and literature and Janelle Pulczinski comparative literature, seek to create a “literary environment” for recently released prisoners through reading and creative-writing groups.
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