How are cultural and political icons remembered? Can secular figures be described as martyrs or even “secular saints”? These are some of the questions Professor William K. Gilders, associate professor in the Department of Religion, raises in his unique course “Harvey Milk’s Life & Afterlives.”

Two core faculty members of the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, Professors Don Seeman and Deborah Lipstadt, taught their respective First Year Seminars virtually for the first time in fall of 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.