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ICYMI: Highlights from the week of Jan. 9 – Jan. 13, 2023

This is a sampling of approximately 3,860 media clips covering the Smithsonian this week.

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Art and Design

Smithsonian show revels in the wonders of the White City of India  
The Washington Post – January 10, 2023

A Very Tall Portrait of Abraham Lincoln Is Coming to DC  
Washingtonian Magazine – January 10, 2023

Philip Pearlstein Painted the Naked Truth  
Smithsonian Magazine – January 10, 2023

History, Culture, and Education

Nearly 300 previously unheard recordings by Alexander Graham Bell to be restored by Smithsonian  
CNN – January 10, 2023

America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains  
ProPublica – January 11, 2023

‘A search for ourselves’: shipwreck becomes focus of slavery debate  
The Guardian – January 8, 2023

Here Comes the Sun: Actor Brendan Fraser and the Entertainment Nation exhibit  
CBS News – January 8, 2023

Personnel Updates

Founding Deputy Director Kinshasha Holman Conwill Has Retired From Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture – C  
Culture Type – January 13, 2023

Smithsonian’s African American History Museum Names New Deputy Director  
The Washington Informer – January 10, 2023

Science and Technology

Hubble Space Telescope spots hungry black hole twisting star into doughnut shape and chowing down on it  
BBC Focus Magazine – January 13, 2023

We Exist Inside a Giant Space Bubble, And Scientists Have Finally Mapped It  
VICE – January 11, 2023

A woman on the moon: How has one small step taken so long?  
The Washington Post – January 10, 2023

Secretary Bunch

Why W.E.B. Du Bois Remains Such an Inspiration  
Smithsonian Magazine – January 11, 2023

Various Subjects

National Zoo says it will require advance visitor passes ‘indefinitely’  
The Washington Post – January 11, 2023

‘Can’t Just Drop In’: Residents Remark on National Zoo Timed-Entry Passes  
WRC-TV – January 10, 2023

Smithsonian director Kevin Young on the power of unexpected transformations  
WYNC’s Helga – January 10, 2023

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Madeleine “Maddie” Weyand-Geise recently joined OPA as the public affairs assistant, though she’s yet to step foot into the Castle as an employee. After starting work mid-pandemic, Maddie can’t wait for coworkers other than her aloe plant. Maddie comes to OPA with a background working in communications for local arts organizations and higher education. With degrees in art history and public relations, Maddie sees the Smithsonian as the perfect workplace to combine her passions for art, public access and education.