Marci Shore, the Sidonie Miskimin Clauss Prize Awarded for teaching excellence in the humanities
“Marci Shore, associate professor of history, your students have found your courses to be ‘life-changing’ and ‘riveting,’ changing the way they look at the world around them, and leaving them wanting to learn more. They are astounded by your ability to probe dense philosophical texts, weave together the ideas of great thinkers, and help students learn the material in an interactive and accessible way.
Diamonds are more than just pretty objects. Passed down over centuries, they can tell the story of their pasts. But that story isn’t always a happy one. For many South Asians, the diamond that invokes this painful colonial history is the Kohinoor diamond.