News & Events
- Professor Fernando Villanea's co-authored article: “Community Partnerships Are Fundamental to Ethical Ancient DNA Research” published in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. Abstract: The analysis of ancient DNA allows scientists to
- Professors Sarah Kurnick and Lauren Hosek receive CARTSS Faculty Awards. The CARTSS grant program is a competitive program to support tenure-track faculty conducting research in the social sciences.
- Professor Lauren Hosek in collaboration with Professor Alyssa Bader of McGill University receive a Wenner-Gren Global Initiative Grant. Each year, the Wenner-Gren Foundation funds a small number of initiatives that meet a need not already
- Graduate students, Kelsey Hoppes, Paige Edmiston, Kevin Darcy and Sabrina Bradford receive CARTSS Awards. CARTSS supports social science research by faculty and students through seed grant programs. Congratulations, students.
- Graduate Students, Kelsey Hoppes, Chu May Paing and Paige Edmiston recieve Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant program awards. They will use the funding to continue their ongoing doctoral dissertation research and writing (see below for their
- Professor Kate Goldfarb's Marshall Fire Story Project featured in Today. On Dec. 30, 2021, a quick-moving, grass-fueled wildfire in suburban Boulder County became the costliest wildfire in Colorado history. It burned 6,000 acres,
- Jack Dalton (Ph.D. Biological Anthropology in Progress) has been awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant. The Leakey Foundation exclusively funds research related to human origins. Priority of funding is commonly given to exploratory
- Nicholas Puente (Ph.D Archaeology in Progress) successfully defended his MA paper, "Relations of Stone and Water: Postclassic Maya Interactions in Miniature Masonry Shrines." His committee included Professors Gerado Gutiérrez, Art Joyce, and Sarah
- Erik Jurado (Ph.D Archaeology in Progress) successfully defended his prospectus, "The San Ignacio Archaeological Project: Identity, Ritual, and Exchange in Teotihuacan's Rural Countryside." His committee was comprised of Gerardo
- Professors Donna Goldstein and Kira Hall's' HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory article, Darwin’s hug: Ideologies of gesture in the science of human exceptionalism | Goldstein | HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory (haujournal.