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From Climate Change to Cellphones: A Peak Behind the Curtain of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Varying Investigations
While our work has already been well on its way since the start of the Spring 2024 semester, the Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship’s 2024-2025 fellows embarked on their first museum visit on Thursday, February 29th. The destination? The Smithsonian National Museum…
Examining Immigration with the Many Voices, One Nation Exhibit.
by Professor Roberto Hurtado, Spanish On Sunday November 19th at 2pm, 3 out of my 9 students met up with me at the National Museum of American History. It was great being able to see students outside of the…
Unpacking Inequality: General Psychology Students Explore the Smithsonian Museum of American History.
by Professor Lizz Fillion, Psychology In a journey to better understand the intricacies of historical and contemporary inequality in America, my General Psychology students and I embarked on a journey through the Smithsonian Museum of American History. The Greensboro Lunch…
Announcing our 2024 Smithsonian Faculty Fellows!!!!!
The MC-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship program is excited to announce the 10 new Fellows selected for the 2024 cohort. Competition was unusually strong this year, and the Committee was faced with the tough task of selecting the new cohort. Once again,…
Visiting the Americans Exhibit with ELAS 980
By Professor Diego Hernandez, ELAP After a week of preparatory activities in the classroom, our ELAS 980 class (a high-intermediate speaking/listening class for English learners) visited the “Americans” exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian. I am…