From the moment I confirmed my internship at the National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH) back in the spring, until the final weeks of my internship, I have repeated one conversation over and over again upon telling someone the name of the Museum.   Friends respond: “But you’re not Jewish! Why are you working Read more about Alice Maiden[…]

Sitting down to write this blog, breaking the routine that was so foreign to me just four weeks ago but already feels comfortable and automatic, is making me realize just how much I’ve experienced in this short time. I’m interning at the Hunan University School of Architecture in the city of Changsha, working for one Read more about Pleasant Garner[…]

All at once, rural Sicily- where I’ve been participating in the American Excavations at Morgantina for the past month- is exactly how you’d imagine it and absolutely different. There are definitely the expected rolling hills with tiny cobblestone-street towns built right into them, and Aidone, where I’ve stayed, is one of many. There is an Read more about Beth Wang[…]

A Walk on Wall Street: Incidental Art I have been in New York City for just over a month now. Long enough, I like to think, that I’ve found ease with the subways and rectangular grid (it’s roughly three blocks to an avenue). Long enough to start noticing the little things. In a city with Read more about Rachel Adler[…]

Creative Minds in Context: Cocteau, Renoir & Cézanne   This past week, my family and I traveled to the South of France to celebrate my grandmother’s birthday. During our visit, we stayed in Villefranche-sur- Mer, a fishing village that borders the Mediterranean Sea. The moment we arrived, I was entranced by the seaside town—motorcycles wove Read more about Charlotte Reynders[…]

Washington D.C. is known for its numerous museums (most with free admission, to the joy of those on college budgets): the National Air and Space museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Newseum, the International Spy Museum, and many more. And while most museums operate on 9am – 5pm schedule, which is not ideal for non-tourists, I had Read more about Jane Urheim[…]

I once heard someone say that Philadelphia, stuck as it is between D.C. and New York, often gets overlooked. I’ve found this to be true – despite Princeton’s equidistance from both Philadelphia and New York, I’ve been to the latter dozens of times over the past few years, whereas I could count on one hand the number of Read more about Mairead Horton[…]