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posted Apr 24, 2019
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Credit: Andrew Tallon/Vassar College
Art Historian’s Laser Mapping Project Could Help Save Notre Dame
A professor at Vassar College painstakingly scanned the cathedral in 2015. His work may now help architects and engineers rebuild it. (CNN)
Elizabeth Warren’s Higher Education Plan: Cancel Student Debt and Eliminate Tuition
Announced Monday, Warren’s $1.25 trillion policy proposal aims to reshape higher education. (New York Times)
TED-Style Art History Platform Aims to Promote Arts Education Online
Explore short films about art history from artists, curators, and academics, available for free online at HENI Talks. (The Art Newspaper)
The Death of an Adjunct
“Thea Hunter was a promising, brilliant scholar.” (The Atlantic)
This App Can Tell You the Indigenous History of the Land You Live On
A free online tool that seeks to map Indigenous languages, treaties, and territories. (Native Land)
An Illustrated Database for Women Artists Spans the 15th to 19th Centuries
A Space of Their Own aims to compile the most comprehensive resource to date. (Hyperallergic)