Lessons and Themes from Common Ground 2015
The collective IQ at Common Ground 2015 is higher than average—and the attendants seem to know it. Bouncing off the walls of College Ave’s spacious Student Center, one hears conversations […]
Category Archives: Blog News & Events
The Sacred & the Secular: Common Ground is Worth Finding
By Barry Klassel Humanist Chaplain at Rutgers University Despite an ingrained skepticism – and even revulsion – on the part of some at the thought of dialogue across the sacred/secular divide, there […]
New Staff Writers Positions NOW OPEN
Applied Sentience is accepting applications for 10 new staff writer positions! Applied Sentience’s Staff Writers Program was developed for young humanists, secularists, skeptics, nontheists and others interested in making the world a better […]
Embracing Identities: Stories of Coming Out Queer & Faithless — Call for Participants
Storytelling is a powerful tool for social change and building community. The Embracing Identities Project is searching for personal stories of coming out as LGBTQ and atheist in a variety of […]
Multi-University Launch & Call for Staff Writer Applications
Applied Sentience, a next generation humanist thinkblog, is expanding nationally! Our list of participating universities now includes all six university humanist communities at American, Columbia, Harvard, Rutgers, Stanford, and Yale. Our inaugural editorial board consists of leading humanist […]
The Liebster Award
Thanks Primitive Screwheads for picking Applied Sentience’s small (but growing) blog and group of writers! It took us quite a good few months, but we’ve finally scrounged up a bunch […]
Call for Applications: Report/Interview w Peter Singer & Charles Camosy RU Event
Working with the Humanist Chaplaincy at Rutgers University, Applied Sentience is looking for a qualified Rutgers Undergraduate student to report and write on our upcoming event and interview the two […]
Rutgers Event: Singer & Camosy Discuss Christian and Secular Ethics
Update: For a Review of this Event, Please Read Are We Climbing the Same Mountain? by James Goodrich. ——————————————————————————————- Mark your calendars! This September, the Humanist Chaplaincy at Rutgers University will […]
Global Poverty Project Comes to Rutgers!
By Boris Yakubchik, Rutgers University It turns out even a single individual can do an immense amount of good. Did you know you could cure someone of parasitic worms with […]
Call for Writers and Contributors!
Hey Dudes (Gender Inclusive)! We want Applied Sentience to be a collaborative project, so we’re looking for Staff Writers, Contributors and Social Media Curators to help us maintain our sites! […]
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