09/09/2020 - Department of Anthropology Professor, Jessica Brinkworth has been featured on Illinois News for her research on how cell-autonomous immunity shaped human evolution.

09/04/2020 - A different Meet-and-Greet event was in store for Anthropologists this year, as the University of Illinois community is practicing social distancing.

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07/09/2020 - Even in the midst of a pandemic, anthropology graduate research has remained strong, even if undergoing significant transformations.

06/29/2020 - In a thought-provoking piece published this morning on the Hill, Professor Desmond of Anthropology suggests it may be time to cut down on fireworks noise.

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06/10/2020 - Join us in congratulating  Joseph Coyle, the winner of this year's Nicholson Graduate Fellowship from the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory!

06/09/2020 - As a department committed to addressing systemic racism, state sanctioned violence and other structures of oppression, the University of Illinois Department of Anthropology explicitly c

05/22/2020 - Anthropology Assistant Professor Jessica F Brinkworth gave two talks as part of an introductory seminar on COVID-19 for the College of Engineering. You can watch them here: 

05/12/2020 - Department of Anthropology Professor, Jane Desmond wrote about protesting in the time of a pandemic in an Op Ed piece that was published in Public Seminar.

05/11/2020 - Dr Maldonado, this year's recipient of the J.

05/08/2020 - Anthropology Professor Helaine Silverman reflects LAS News about her research and teaching on the history of the English village Eyam.

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