May 3, 2019
Queer Archives Project Launches
By Kathleen Parrish Faculty, staff, and alumni gathered recently to celebrate the official launch of the Queer Archives Project (QAP), a digital humanities…
Digital Humanities
Feb 24, 2019
Racial Receptions of Anime
Uche Anomnachi '19 talks about his digital humanities research on the differences in how blacks and whites in the United States have responded to anime…
Feb 9, 2019
Prof. Bob Mattison Traces Work of Artist Franz Kline
By Katie Neitz Robert S. Mattison, Marshall R. Metzger Professor of Art History, has been selected by the prestigious Hauser & Wirth Institute to oversee…
Oct 30, 2018
Uncovering Political History of NYC Subways
Ben Gordon '19 talks about his digital humanities research on the development of New York City's subway system, particularly how subway locations were…
Aug 30, 2018
Listening to the Public Record
By Stephen Wilson Just after midnight Dec. 7, 1982, Charlie Brooks Jr. was the first man to be executed by lethal injection in the United States. While…
Aug 20, 2018
Kung Fu Witch Train
By Stephen Wilson Mention the word “anime” to people and it conjures different images. None more striking than the associations between white and black…
Nov 13, 2017
A Summer of Reality TV, Rap Music, and More
By Stephen Wilson Somali immigrants in Maine. Reality love television. Post-WW2 advertising. Jews welcomed to Islamic states. Jamaican dancehalls. A disappearing…
Oct 4, 2017
Keeping Up with Fast-Moving Field of Data Science
By Katie Neitz Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are produced. And the volume and speed at which that is happening will only grow. This has fueled…
Sep 29, 2015
Using New Technology to Answer New Kinds of Questions
Freedom of the press in Turkey. Ethiopian folk tales. An app for finding fresh produce. These are just some of the projects students designed during a…
Jan 24, 2014
National Honor for Skillman: Tops Among College Libraries
Skillman Library has received the 2014 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The award…