Copley Latin Day 2024 at University of Michigan

On April 10, nearly 50 Mercy Latin students attended the tenth annual Copley Latin Day at the University of Michigan. Students attended a college lecture on "Ancient Skies, Stellar Stories, Heavenly Mathematics" from Prof. Francesca Schironi, and they also analyzed ancient Roman papyrus in UM's Papyrology Lab, which is the largest papyrus collection in North America. Later in the afternoon, students attended several workshop sessions, where they:

• Visited the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
• Surveyed the methods of cemetery excavations
• Studied Roman theater and created masks representing ancient characters and stereotypes
• Researched about Greek and Roman aqueducts in Anatolia
• Handled ancient artifacts from Roman Egypt
• Attended a lecture on the Greco-Roman concept of free will and compared it to modern understanding 
• Investigated how scientists use Greek and Latin in naming new plants and animals, like Lusius malfoyi and Aname aragog

You can view more photos and learn more about Mercy's Latin program on Mercy JCL's website.