Penn Museum on October 14. Credit: Rachel Zhang Nearly 300 photographs taken in northern Iraq during the 1930s and stored at the Penn Museum have been digitized and shared with the Yazidi community, which is indigenous to that region, forming what researchers describe as the group’s first visual archive. The images, which show weddings, shrines,…
Penn Museum on October 14. Credit: Rachel Zhang Nearly 300 photographs taken in northern Iraq during the 1930s and stored at the Penn Museum have been digitized and shared with the Yazidi community, which is indigenous to that region, forming what researchers describe as the group’s first visual archive. The images, which show weddings, shrines,…
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the optimistic Loyola chaplain who became an adored national figure during the school’s run to the 2018 Final Four, died Thursday in Chicago. She was 106 years old. Loyola announced his death Thursday night; no cause was announced. A ubiquitous fixture at basketball games at the cozy North Side Chicago school…
Penn Museum on October 14. Credit: Rachel Zhang Nearly 300 photographs taken in northern Iraq during the 1930s and stored at the Penn Museum have been digitized and shared with the Yazidi community, which is indigenous to that region, forming what researchers describe as the group’s first visual archive. The images, which show weddings, shrines,…
Penn Museum on October 14. Credit: Rachel Zhang Nearly 300 photographs taken in northern Iraq during the 1930s and stored at the Penn Museum have been digitized and shared with the Yazidi community, which is indigenous to that region, forming what researchers describe as the group’s first visual archive. The images, which show weddings, shrines,…
Banana Ball arrives at American Family Field Where will the Savannah Bananas play during the 2026 season? 45 states, 75 stadiums and 3.2 million fans. Jesse Cole, owner of Savannah Bananas, looks ahead to the 2026 Banana Ball Championship League. The Savannah Bananas will bring their viral, fan-appealing brand of baseball to Wisconsin next summer….
Penn Museum on October 14. Credit: Rachel Zhang Nearly 300 photographs taken in northern Iraq during the 1930s and stored at the Penn Museum have been digitized and shared with the Yazidi community, which is indigenous to that region, forming what researchers describe as the group’s first visual archive. The images, which show weddings, shrines,…
Penn Museum on October 14. Credit: Rachel Zhang Nearly 300 photographs taken in northern Iraq during the 1930s and stored at the Penn Museum have been digitized and shared with the Yazidi community, which is indigenous to that region, forming what researchers describe as the group’s first visual archive. The images, which show weddings, shrines,…
Penn Museum on October 14. Credit: Rachel Zhang Nearly 300 photographs taken in northern Iraq during the 1930s and stored at the Penn Museum have been digitized and shared with the Yazidi community, which is indigenous to that region, forming what researchers describe as the group’s first visual archive. The images, which show weddings, shrines,…
Loyola University said it best in its statement about Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, who died at the age of 106: She was “someone who touched the lives of so many people” during the century she lived. MORE ON SISTER JEAN: A look back at our article on the Loyola legend For so many sports fans…
