{"id":2,"date":"2014-08-13T14:07:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T14:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/human\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:12:13","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-p-banner\"><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--single\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/146\/2025\/08\/Humanities_hero_1500x400.webp\" alt=\"students sitting around campus studying\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Humanities<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-white uwm-u-pb-80 uwm-u-pt-0\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row uwm-l-row--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center size-p-lg\"><em><strong>&#8220;Never in the history of the United States have we needed the humanities more than we do today\u2026 Not having the foundation in history and humanities is like planting cut flowers.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center size-p-md uwm-u-mb-0\">\u2013 Ray Cross, former University of Wisconsin System President<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UWM Spotlight on Excellence: Humanities Matter\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wDOgWqI_3JU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/humanities\/videos\/\">View more videos \u2192<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-css-opacity\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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