News & Publications
Jan 24 Museums@Noon – How Specimens Change from Curiosities to Scientific Collections
How Specimens Change from Curiosities to Scientific Collections [and Other Stories from a 400-Year-Old Natural History Museum] Hayley Crowell (MSP 22; PhD Candidate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) January 24 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm Hatcher Gallery Lab, Room 100H or online via Zoom Natural...
TO BE RESCHEDULED – Reinventing the Museum: A Discussion of the Continuing Paradigm Shift
THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO ILLNESS. Presentation and conversation with Gail Anderson, museum consultant and author. January 22 at 5:00 pm, Space 2435 North Quad, School of Information Gail Anderson, museum consultant, thinker, and author, will share her perspectives on the changes...
Alumni kudos!
Kudos to… Mary Pena (MSP16) until recently taught at Smith College as a Digital Pedagogy Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology. As of this Fall, Mary has begun a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in Anthropology at Dartmouth College, beginning with a...
Holiday greetings and annual update, 2024
Hello and holiday greetings. Below is our annual overview of MSP activities, events, and accomplishments during the past year. If you would like to support MSP so that we can continue to offer these kinds of opportunities to our students and community, please...
Student kudos!
Kudos to… Jack Schmitt (MSP23) who contributed to a recent exhibition and corresponding book. Jack worked as the Exhibition Coordinator on the UM Humanities Collaboratory project, Black Washtenaw County, in the creation of the exhibition “Family Foundations: Four Stories of Black Washtenaw County Community...
Alumni kudos!
Kudos to… Rebecca Bloom’s (MSP14) paper that she wrote about her MSP independent study project has been published in the book, Tibetan Monastery Collections and Museums: Traditional Practices and Contemporary Issues. Also, via her Director of Curatorial Affairs position at the Southern Utah Museum...