Penn Museum to start work on $54M Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries project, the largest renovation in its history Penn In the News Philadelphia Business Journal Penn Museum to start work on $54M Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries project, the largest renovation in its history The Penn Museum plans to begin renovation on its $54 million Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries this fall, with remarks from Christopher Woods. Maybe you should just join a commune Penn In the News Wired Maybe you should just join a commune Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the benefits of communal living and the restructuring of the traditional nuclear family. Who, What, Why: Jimil Ataman on the politics and contradictions of slow fashion Image: Courtesy of Jimil Ataman Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Jimil Ataman on the politics and contradictions of slow fashion The anthropology Ph.D. candidate discusses what she has learned following slow fashion creators and consumers on Instagram and in the Pacific Northwest. The case for reimagining the nuclear family Penn In the News Vox.com The case for reimagining the nuclear family In a Q&A, Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses her recent book “Everyday Utopia,” which makes a pragmatic case for utopian thinking while critiquing our present society. The work of decolonizing a neglected historic Black cemetery in Starkville Penn In the News Mississippi Free Press The work of decolonizing a neglected historic Black cemetery in Starkville Recent College of Arts and Sciences graduate Carlos Montes says that many Black people in Starkville and elsewhere can trace their origins to Brush Arbor Cemetery in Mississippi. Final resting place of freed slaves in Defiance County to receive Ohio Historic Marker Penn In the News WTOL (Toledo, Ohio) Final resting place of freed slaves in Defiance County to receive Ohio Historic Marker Penn researchers used dogs, ground-penetrating radar, and historical records to confirm the location of the nearly forgotten Worthington Cemetery in Ohio, the burial site of around 50 freed slaves. Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Penn In the News The New York Times Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Casey Ross of the School of Arts & Sciences uses Queering the Map, a crowdsourced digital atlas of LGBTQ landmarks, as course material to show that maps can be tools of outreach, storytelling, and “disruption.” What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal Penn In the News The New York Times What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal In her new book, “Everyday Utopia,” Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences examines radical social experiments like communes and ecovillages while critiquing existing structures of family and community. Ancient food and flavor The Penn Museum’s new exhibition, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” is both inside and outside, with planter boxes featuring crops from four countries in a courtyard. The exhibition was co-curated by the Museum’s Chantel White (left), who discussed the plant choices with visitors during a recent tour. nocred Ancient food and flavor Food remains dating back as far as 6,000 years found at archaeological sites are now on view in a new indoor-outdoor exhibition at the Penn Museum, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” through the fall of 2024. Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Katherine Moore of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the Penn Museum’s new “Ancient Food and Flavor” exhibition, which focuses on three archaeological sites that provided unusual amounts of food artifacts. Load More
Maybe you should just join a commune Penn In the News Wired Maybe you should just join a commune Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the benefits of communal living and the restructuring of the traditional nuclear family. Who, What, Why: Jimil Ataman on the politics and contradictions of slow fashion Image: Courtesy of Jimil Ataman Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Jimil Ataman on the politics and contradictions of slow fashion The anthropology Ph.D. candidate discusses what she has learned following slow fashion creators and consumers on Instagram and in the Pacific Northwest. The case for reimagining the nuclear family Penn In the News Vox.com The case for reimagining the nuclear family In a Q&A, Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses her recent book “Everyday Utopia,” which makes a pragmatic case for utopian thinking while critiquing our present society. The work of decolonizing a neglected historic Black cemetery in Starkville Penn In the News Mississippi Free Press The work of decolonizing a neglected historic Black cemetery in Starkville Recent College of Arts and Sciences graduate Carlos Montes says that many Black people in Starkville and elsewhere can trace their origins to Brush Arbor Cemetery in Mississippi. Final resting place of freed slaves in Defiance County to receive Ohio Historic Marker Penn In the News WTOL (Toledo, Ohio) Final resting place of freed slaves in Defiance County to receive Ohio Historic Marker Penn researchers used dogs, ground-penetrating radar, and historical records to confirm the location of the nearly forgotten Worthington Cemetery in Ohio, the burial site of around 50 freed slaves. Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Penn In the News The New York Times Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Casey Ross of the School of Arts & Sciences uses Queering the Map, a crowdsourced digital atlas of LGBTQ landmarks, as course material to show that maps can be tools of outreach, storytelling, and “disruption.” What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal Penn In the News The New York Times What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal In her new book, “Everyday Utopia,” Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences examines radical social experiments like communes and ecovillages while critiquing existing structures of family and community. Ancient food and flavor The Penn Museum’s new exhibition, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” is both inside and outside, with planter boxes featuring crops from four countries in a courtyard. The exhibition was co-curated by the Museum’s Chantel White (left), who discussed the plant choices with visitors during a recent tour. nocred Ancient food and flavor Food remains dating back as far as 6,000 years found at archaeological sites are now on view in a new indoor-outdoor exhibition at the Penn Museum, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” through the fall of 2024. Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Katherine Moore of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the Penn Museum’s new “Ancient Food and Flavor” exhibition, which focuses on three archaeological sites that provided unusual amounts of food artifacts. Load More
Who, What, Why: Jimil Ataman on the politics and contradictions of slow fashion Image: Courtesy of Jimil Ataman Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Jimil Ataman on the politics and contradictions of slow fashion The anthropology Ph.D. candidate discusses what she has learned following slow fashion creators and consumers on Instagram and in the Pacific Northwest.
The case for reimagining the nuclear family Penn In the News Vox.com The case for reimagining the nuclear family In a Q&A, Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses her recent book “Everyday Utopia,” which makes a pragmatic case for utopian thinking while critiquing our present society. The work of decolonizing a neglected historic Black cemetery in Starkville Penn In the News Mississippi Free Press The work of decolonizing a neglected historic Black cemetery in Starkville Recent College of Arts and Sciences graduate Carlos Montes says that many Black people in Starkville and elsewhere can trace their origins to Brush Arbor Cemetery in Mississippi. Final resting place of freed slaves in Defiance County to receive Ohio Historic Marker Penn In the News WTOL (Toledo, Ohio) Final resting place of freed slaves in Defiance County to receive Ohio Historic Marker Penn researchers used dogs, ground-penetrating radar, and historical records to confirm the location of the nearly forgotten Worthington Cemetery in Ohio, the burial site of around 50 freed slaves. Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Penn In the News The New York Times Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Casey Ross of the School of Arts & Sciences uses Queering the Map, a crowdsourced digital atlas of LGBTQ landmarks, as course material to show that maps can be tools of outreach, storytelling, and “disruption.” What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal Penn In the News The New York Times What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal In her new book, “Everyday Utopia,” Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences examines radical social experiments like communes and ecovillages while critiquing existing structures of family and community. Ancient food and flavor The Penn Museum’s new exhibition, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” is both inside and outside, with planter boxes featuring crops from four countries in a courtyard. The exhibition was co-curated by the Museum’s Chantel White (left), who discussed the plant choices with visitors during a recent tour. nocred Ancient food and flavor Food remains dating back as far as 6,000 years found at archaeological sites are now on view in a new indoor-outdoor exhibition at the Penn Museum, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” through the fall of 2024. Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Katherine Moore of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the Penn Museum’s new “Ancient Food and Flavor” exhibition, which focuses on three archaeological sites that provided unusual amounts of food artifacts. Load More
The work of decolonizing a neglected historic Black cemetery in Starkville Penn In the News Mississippi Free Press The work of decolonizing a neglected historic Black cemetery in Starkville Recent College of Arts and Sciences graduate Carlos Montes says that many Black people in Starkville and elsewhere can trace their origins to Brush Arbor Cemetery in Mississippi. Final resting place of freed slaves in Defiance County to receive Ohio Historic Marker Penn In the News WTOL (Toledo, Ohio) Final resting place of freed slaves in Defiance County to receive Ohio Historic Marker Penn researchers used dogs, ground-penetrating radar, and historical records to confirm the location of the nearly forgotten Worthington Cemetery in Ohio, the burial site of around 50 freed slaves. Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Penn In the News The New York Times Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Casey Ross of the School of Arts & Sciences uses Queering the Map, a crowdsourced digital atlas of LGBTQ landmarks, as course material to show that maps can be tools of outreach, storytelling, and “disruption.” What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal Penn In the News The New York Times What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal In her new book, “Everyday Utopia,” Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences examines radical social experiments like communes and ecovillages while critiquing existing structures of family and community. Ancient food and flavor The Penn Museum’s new exhibition, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” is both inside and outside, with planter boxes featuring crops from four countries in a courtyard. The exhibition was co-curated by the Museum’s Chantel White (left), who discussed the plant choices with visitors during a recent tour. nocred Ancient food and flavor Food remains dating back as far as 6,000 years found at archaeological sites are now on view in a new indoor-outdoor exhibition at the Penn Museum, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” through the fall of 2024. Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Katherine Moore of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the Penn Museum’s new “Ancient Food and Flavor” exhibition, which focuses on three archaeological sites that provided unusual amounts of food artifacts. Load More
Final resting place of freed slaves in Defiance County to receive Ohio Historic Marker Penn In the News WTOL (Toledo, Ohio) Final resting place of freed slaves in Defiance County to receive Ohio Historic Marker Penn researchers used dogs, ground-penetrating radar, and historical records to confirm the location of the nearly forgotten Worthington Cemetery in Ohio, the burial site of around 50 freed slaves. Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Penn In the News The New York Times Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Casey Ross of the School of Arts & Sciences uses Queering the Map, a crowdsourced digital atlas of LGBTQ landmarks, as course material to show that maps can be tools of outreach, storytelling, and “disruption.” What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal Penn In the News The New York Times What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal In her new book, “Everyday Utopia,” Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences examines radical social experiments like communes and ecovillages while critiquing existing structures of family and community. Ancient food and flavor The Penn Museum’s new exhibition, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” is both inside and outside, with planter boxes featuring crops from four countries in a courtyard. The exhibition was co-curated by the Museum’s Chantel White (left), who discussed the plant choices with visitors during a recent tour. nocred Ancient food and flavor Food remains dating back as far as 6,000 years found at archaeological sites are now on view in a new indoor-outdoor exhibition at the Penn Museum, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” through the fall of 2024. Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Katherine Moore of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the Penn Museum’s new “Ancient Food and Flavor” exhibition, which focuses on three archaeological sites that provided unusual amounts of food artifacts. Load More
Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Penn In the News The New York Times Just made a queer memory? Drop a pin Casey Ross of the School of Arts & Sciences uses Queering the Map, a crowdsourced digital atlas of LGBTQ landmarks, as course material to show that maps can be tools of outreach, storytelling, and “disruption.” What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal Penn In the News The New York Times What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal In her new book, “Everyday Utopia,” Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences examines radical social experiments like communes and ecovillages while critiquing existing structures of family and community. Ancient food and flavor The Penn Museum’s new exhibition, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” is both inside and outside, with planter boxes featuring crops from four countries in a courtyard. The exhibition was co-curated by the Museum’s Chantel White (left), who discussed the plant choices with visitors during a recent tour. nocred Ancient food and flavor Food remains dating back as far as 6,000 years found at archaeological sites are now on view in a new indoor-outdoor exhibition at the Penn Museum, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” through the fall of 2024. Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Katherine Moore of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the Penn Museum’s new “Ancient Food and Flavor” exhibition, which focuses on three archaeological sites that provided unusual amounts of food artifacts. Load More
What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal Penn In the News The New York Times What communes and other radical experiments in living together reveal In her new book, “Everyday Utopia,” Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences examines radical social experiments like communes and ecovillages while critiquing existing structures of family and community. Ancient food and flavor The Penn Museum’s new exhibition, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” is both inside and outside, with planter boxes featuring crops from four countries in a courtyard. The exhibition was co-curated by the Museum’s Chantel White (left), who discussed the plant choices with visitors during a recent tour. nocred Ancient food and flavor Food remains dating back as far as 6,000 years found at archaeological sites are now on view in a new indoor-outdoor exhibition at the Penn Museum, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” through the fall of 2024. Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Katherine Moore of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the Penn Museum’s new “Ancient Food and Flavor” exhibition, which focuses on three archaeological sites that provided unusual amounts of food artifacts. Load More
Ancient food and flavor The Penn Museum’s new exhibition, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” is both inside and outside, with planter boxes featuring crops from four countries in a courtyard. The exhibition was co-curated by the Museum’s Chantel White (left), who discussed the plant choices with visitors during a recent tour. nocred Ancient food and flavor Food remains dating back as far as 6,000 years found at archaeological sites are now on view in a new indoor-outdoor exhibition at the Penn Museum, “Ancient Food & Flavor,” through the fall of 2024.
Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Penn Museum shows what ancient worlds tasted like Katherine Moore of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the Penn Museum’s new “Ancient Food and Flavor” exhibition, which focuses on three archaeological sites that provided unusual amounts of food artifacts.