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Home-Carrying—A Repatriation Trip to Vanuatu 100 Years in the Making

Jan 9, 2025 | sapiens.org | Jenny Davis

✽I HELD MY CARRY-ON BAG close to me apprehensively, waiting for the prearranged special security screening at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago en route to the Republic of Vanuatu, an archipelago in the South Pacific. This marked the beginning of an 11-day trip to return the remains of a man whose skull had been taken almost 100 years ago and sold for display in a museum at my university. Many anthropologists have long framed repatriation through stories of loss to science and institutions.
Go Wild W Walk-On's - Friends of Tx Wildlife Event & Donation

Jan 6, 2025 | conroetoday.com | Jenny Davis

CONROE, TX – Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux and Coca-Cola are teaming up and kicking the new year off with a big give to an unfunded non-profit that has served our area for 30 years.
Embrace the season’s latest tints, treatments and treats

Oct 21, 2024 | 360westmagazine.com | Jenny Davis

Led by an all-woman team of board-certified dermatologist Dr. Courtney Rubin, cosmetic chemist Lizzy Trelstad and entrepreneur Kimmy Scotti, Fig.1 skincare prioritizes your skin, time and the environment. From micellar oil cleansing to glycolic brightening emulsions and retinol night cream, you can create your own routine or buy a curated set, and many products are made to be refilled (with refills sold at a discount).
An NYC Living Room Adds a Playroom without Sacrificing Style (and Everything Else)

Sep 2, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jenny Davis

Jenny DavisSeptember 2, 2024 at 5:30 PM1 / 7An NYC Living Room Adds a Playroom without Sacrificing Style (and Everything Else)In New York City, where space is limited, many parents have no better choice than to have playrooms in their living room. What was once a clean, beautiful, and restful sanctuary can quickly become a chaotic pit where everything seems to go but nothing seems to exist. Toys trip you on your way to the couch, yet your child can't seem to find a single thing to play with.
Spring fashion: Soft yellow, baby pinks and blues epitomize pastel perfection this season

May 9, 2024 | 360westmagazine.com | Jenny Davis

Outdoor Duos: Turtles and TeesFor active moms, spending the day outdoors is the best way to bond with their kids — especially when everyone is wearing matching family outfits. When it comes to golf, Turtles and Tees scores big with its coordinating sets. The company was founded by mom Kris Bartholomew in 2015 when she couldn’t find fashionable golf clothing for her teenage daughters.
Embracing the gray can reveal your best self

Apr 23, 2024 | 360westmagazine.com | Jenny Davis

Last summer, I returned home from a long vacation in Europe with an unexpected souvenir: a thin strip of white stretching down the part in my hair. I’d been dying my hair since college, and now that I was firmly over 50, I suspected my natural shade was somewhere on the silver spectrum, I just hadn’t had an occasion to see it yet. Now, after seven weeks away from my salon, I could officially verify its existence, and I had a decision to make. Should I scurry back to brown or go the way of the gray?
Spring fashion: Soft yellow, baby pinks and blues epitomize pastel perfection this season

Apr 15, 2024 | 360westmagazine.com | Jenny Davis

Spring is here, and with it a fresh and unabashedly feminine new style direction. After several seasons dominated by fierce fashion — sharp shoulders, jet-black leather and lots of red — the pendulum has swung back to styles more synonymous with the bright, sun-soaked months that lead to summer. Roses are blooming at Balmain and Dolce&Gabbana, and florals lead in prints and even as three-dimensional accents and accessories.
Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on São Tomé

Mar 19, 2024 | sapiens.org | M. Cruz |Larissa R. Thomas |Bridget Alex |Jenny Davis

On an island 300 kilometers west of mainland Africa, in 2020, our small team began down a barely visible path flanked by shoulder-high, shimmering capim grass. Soon the tropical forest thickened. Lush felt like an understatement. There are stories of old men’s staffs taking root and sprouting while their owners chatted. We were heading to rumored ruins of an engenho—a Portuguese word for sugar mill—on the African island nation of São Tomé e Príncipe.
Infant, Name Once Known

Mar 18, 2024 | sapiens.org | Jenny Davis |Michael Perez |Rick Schulting |Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia

Get weekly insights about our world through anthropology. A poet-anthropologist of the Chickasaw Nation honors infant remains historically used in teaching collections at the University of Illinois. “Infant, Name Once Known” is part of the collection Poems of Witness and Possibility: Inside Zones of Conflict. Read the introduction to the collection here.
Skillable appoints new Chief Financial Officer to continue market expansion

Jan 12, 2024 | einnews.com | Jenny Davis

Skillable appoints new Chief Financial Officer to continue market expansion Ken Talanian brings key SaaS growth and private equity experience to Skillable.