That’s the message Stanley Abbott has for students and teachers who are feeling overwhelmed and behind just a month or so into the school year. The retired Purdue University professor celebrates the ...

As described in the August cover story “The Nutty Professor,” Boulder professor Peter McGraw is hard at work trying to crack the humor code. He and his team at the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) have ...

The American Humor Studies Association (AHSA) announced that Diego A. Millan, assistant professor of English and Africana studies at Washington and Lee University, will receive the Jack Rosenbalm ...

If you fancy yourself as a bit of a comedy genius you’d best get used to those awkward silences. “The best predictor of whether someone is going to be funny is by how often they’ll try to make people ...

Lawrence Flake began his Tuesday morning Education Week lecture with a ?Peanuts? cartoon. He then went on to tell funny stories about many past general authorities and presidents of the church ? some ...

Deep in the heart of the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business, among the suit-clad students and countless cups of espresso, is a whole bunch of HuRL. HuRL, or the Humor Research Lab, is a ...

Nicole Seymour believes it’s important to have a sense of humor about the environment. While mainstream environmentalists might be well-meaning, their dire warnings about climate change and other ...