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Expanding Opportunities: A New Way to Support ISAW’s Outreach Mission
by Soraya Garcia | 04/21/2026
ISAW is pleased to announce a new way to directly support one of our most impactful public-facing initiatives. A dedicated gift designation for the Expanding the Ancient World: Outreach Program (ETAW) is now available on GiveCampus, making it easier than ever to contribute to this vital work.
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Samantha Rainford and Braden Cordivari Receive NYU GSAS Dissertation Fellowships
by Maya Dengel | 04/20/2026
ISAW is proud to congratulate Samantha Rainford and Braden Cordivari, each honored with an NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS) dissertation fellowship for the 2026–2027 academic year.
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ISAW Researchers Present Interdisciplinary Work at Rutgers University AI x Antiquity Conference
by Maya Dengel | 04/06/2026
On March 12 and 13, 2026, the Department of Classics at Rutgers University hosted a hybrid conference on the latest advances in AI and the Study of Antiquity. ISAW Associate Research Scholar Patrick J. Burns and PhD students Tanrui Zhu, Manolis Mavromatis, and Stefano Aprà were invited to present their works in this emerging interdisciplinary field.
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ISAW and OER Project Team Up for K–12 Educator Workshop on Early Belief Systems
by Maya Dengel | 03/26/2026
ISAW's Expanding the Ancient World (ETAW) outreach program is partnering with the OER Project for a special virtual workshop aimed at K–12 educators.
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Lauren Malkoun and Anna Selden Named Archaeological Institute of America - New York Society Scholars
by Maya Dengel | 02/05/2026
Congratulations to ISAW PhD students Lauren Malkoun and Anna Selden on being selected as Archaeological Institute of America - New York Society Scholars.
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ISAW PhD Candidates Lylaah Bhalerao and Braden Cordivari Receive AIA Public Engagement Awards
by Maya Dengel | 01/27/2026
ISAW congratulates Lylaah Bhalerao and Braden Cordivari, Bronze winners of the Archaeological Institute of America Public Engagement Award, honoring public outreach and educational partnerships.
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New Findings from Ancient Sumer from ISAW Visiting Research Alumnus, Reed Goodman
by Kaleha Kegode | 01/06/2026
We are delighted to announce recent findings from our 2023-2024 Visiting Research Scholar, Dr. Reed Goodman, whose latest study is challenging conceptions around the origins of urban civilization in Mesopotamia!
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Sara E. Cole Appointed as Next Bernard and Lisa Selz Director of Exhibitions & Gallery Curator at ISAW
by Soraya Garcia | 12/18/2025
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Sara E. Cole as Bernard and Lisa Selz Director of Exhibitions and Gallery Curator. She will join us at the end of March 2026 to lead ISAW’s exhibitions program into its third decade.
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Connecting the Ancient World: Pleiades and Itiner-e
by Tom Elliott | 12/15/2025
Two free digital resources—Pleiades, ISAW's gazetteer of ancient places, and Itiner-e, a newly launched atlas of Roman roads—are closely interlinked. Itiner-e uses Pleiades data to enrich and contextualize the road maps on their website, while Pleiades' uses Itiner-e's data to help its users discover Roman roads close to ancient places of interest. This is digital humanities at its finest: creating richer, more interconnected tools for exploring the ancient world.
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