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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Visiting Prof. Pippa Skotnes speaks Monday in Scott Hall. Skotnes used a charred billiards ball from the Great Chicago Fire to explain her archival research on the San peoples.

South African artist, academic discusses work at Buffett Institute talk

May 8, 2017

South African artist and academic Pippa Skotnes used animal bones as a canvas to narrate the stories of the San peoples of South Africa. Skotnes said the combination of the bones — which came from...

South African artist and academic Pippa Skotnes does field work in the Northern Cape, a South African province. Skotnes is this year's Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies.

South African artist, academic Pippa Skotnes joins NU community as visiting scholar

April 11, 2017

Artist and academic Pippa Skotnes brings her knowledge of South African history to Northwestern as this year’s Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies. Skotnes, who is from South...

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