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So proud of our incredible undergraduate poster presenters at the AABA (American Association of Biological Anthropologists) conference! Autumn Lucas, Rachel Coppock, and Magdalena Humphrey (BA Anthropology in Progress) knocked it out of the park with their amazing work! Poster titles: Autumn Lucas - Lemur Life Stories: Varying Effects of Captivity...

Please join us in congratulating the graduate students below for receiving the Anthropology Department pre-dissertation awards. Andrew Aceves, Skye Barger, Urmi Bhattacheryya, Yuti Gao , David Hansen, Megan Hardie, Nicholas Hartman, Kelsey Hoppes, Robin James,, Annabelle Lewis, Yuxiang Lin, Patrick McKenzie, Jessica Misiorek, Michael Orellana, Aditya Prakash, Nicholas Puente, and...

Paige Edmiston (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) receives the Carol B. Lynch Memorial Fellowship for fall 2025. The Carol B. Lynch Memorial Fellowship Fund was established to honor Dr. Lynch for her tireless dedication to graduate education and research at the national level and at the University of Colorado at Boulder...

Sarah Simeonoff (Archaeology, PhD in progress) successfully defended her PhD qualifying exam. Her reserach is focuses on the culture history of the Kodiak Archipelago, the use of Indigenous ontologies, and archaeological risk management and Indigenous data sovereignty. Her committee consisted of Professors Sam Fladd, Sarah Kurnick, Art Joyce and Scott...

Secrets from the Grave By Lisa Marshall • Published: March 4, 2024 Centuries from now, if an archaeologist were to dig up Professor Sharon DeWitte’s bleached and weathered bones, they’d find a 7-inch stainless steel rod and nine screws buried among them. These remnants of her childhood bout with scoliosis...

Graduate student Patrick McKenzie (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) awarded a Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant. This funding will support Patrick's preliminary fieldwork in Bulgaria this summer. His research focuses on how nested forms of marginalization manifest in two Bulgarian state institutions ostensibly dedicated to care: the public hospital and...

Clara Hwayeon Lee (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) receives the Center for Humanities & the Arts JEDI Completion Fellowship. The fellowship will support the final year of her graduate studies and her dissertation titled, "Refusing Empire through Care: Anti-base Dissent in Soseong-ri, South Korea."

Graduate student Nicholas Puente (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) awarded a Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant. This funding will support his dissertation project which explores how ancient Maya peoples engaged with subterranean caves during a period of frequent droughts. Caves are doorways to the underworld realm of ancestors and deities who...

Kelsey Hoppes (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) was awarded the Donna C. Roper Research Fund to support her dissertation research on the coalescing of past diverse groups in northeastern Nebraska at 25BD1. This fund will support her in sending over 350 pottery samples for neutron activation analysis in helping to identify different...

Our Graduate Student Symposium was an absolute triumph! From thought-provoking discussions to groundbreaking research presentations, our symposium showcased the brilliant minds shaping the future of anthropology. A massive thank you to everyone who contributed to making this event a resounding success – from our dedicated organizers to our esteemed presenters...