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Students receive 2019 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Awards

6/3/19

The Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge has selected the winners of its 2019 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Awards, funded by the M. G. Whiting Endowment for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledge. Applicants must be Penn State students planning to conduct research related to an approved topic for an undergraduate capstone course, honors thesis topic, master’s or doctoral thesis, or similar.

Megan Griffin, headshot — winner of 2018 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Award

2018 Whiting Award recipient Megan Griffin to present first talk in series

3/14/19

Penn State graduate student Megan Griffin, 2018 recipient of the Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Award, will present her research on April 1. In her talk, titled “What is Sacred in Food Sovereignty Research,” Griffin will explore the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of sovereignty in agro-biodiversity conservation research. The talk is the first in the series of Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research presentations for spring 2019.

The Many Faces of Intercultural Dialogue 2018

Multicultural event encourages interaction on campus and in community

11/7/18

“The Many Faces of Intercultural Dialogue” will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Franklin Atrium, central Pattee Library, on the University Park Campus. The event encourages intercultural understanding and collaboration with a showcase of intercultural dialogues, for campus and in the community.

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2017 Whiting Award presentation to highlight Mesoamerican volcanic history

1/17/18

Megan McDonie, 2017 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Award recipient, will present a talk titled “En las faldas del volcán: Contested Territories Surrounding the Popocatepetl Volcano 1590-1617” at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, and on MediaSite.

Lucy Harbor

ICIK names 2017 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Award winners

5/9/17

Three Penn State graduate students — Lucy Harbor, Megan McDonie, and Janet Purdy — have earned research funding through the competitive process of the Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Award. The award is funded by the Marjorie Grant Whiting Endowment for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledge and supported by Penn State’s University Libraries and the Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK).

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Lecture emphasizes importance of indigenous knowledge systems

3/23/17

A lecture by Kyle Whyte on the importance and opportunities for land-grant universities to collaborate with indigenous peoples and indigenous knowledge systems will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 6, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library on Penn State’s University Park campus.

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Feb. 10 lecture focuses on sustainability and indigenous resource management

2/1/17

The evolution of a novel co-management system for two species in the Galapagos could become an example of sustainability for the archipelago, and possibly the world. Anthropologist Bill Durham will present his lecture “The Galapagos Challenge: Stewardship in an Evolving Socio-ecological System,” at 4 p.m. on Feb. 10 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, on Penn State’s University Park campus.

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Issues of indigenous peoples examined in current IK journal

1/5/17

The Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK) and the Penn State University Libraries’ latest volume of its peer-reviewed, open access journal, IK: Other Ways of Knowing, examines current issues facing indigenous persons and peoples.

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‘Ixcanul’ screening, panel discussion held during International Education Week

11/15/16

In conjunction with International Education Week, the Penn State University Libraries, Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Office of Global Programs present the award-winning film “Ixcanul,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library at University Park. A panel discussion will follow the film screening.

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ICIK names 2016 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Award winners

5/11/16

Penn State graduate students Sarah Eissler, Annie Marcinek and Nari Senanayake have been recognized with the 2016 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Award to help fund their research pursuits. The award, open to all full-time Penn State undergraduate and graduate students, is funded by the Marjorie Grant Whiting Endowment for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledge and supported by Penn State’s University Libraries and the Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK).

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