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2025-02-17 - Illinois Anthropology faculty Dr. David partnered with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications to create a fully functional, user-friendly online tool for African and African American genealogy and the Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program. Read about this collaboration via this NCSA online article. 

2025-02-17 - Join Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program Kick-Off Meeting by registering online with Rep Carol Ammons for an online informative session on March 1, 2025 10 - 12 PM on the Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program promoted by House Resolution 453....

2025-02-07 - As a National Geographic Explorer, Laura's research focuses on the evolution of our species, Homo sapiens, as a background to understanding recent human diversity. In the February edition of National Geographic, her recent work is rewriting human history. Read the full piece via National Geographic...

2025-01-28 - In this feature, the Ilinois News Bureau highlights Maya Wisdom and the Survival of Our Planet (2025) by Dr. Lisa J. Lucero and how she proposes a more sustainable social order modeled on the Maya’s worldview. Maya Wisdom and the Survival of Our Planet is available via the publisher’s library as ...

2025-01-28 - Join us in congratulating Dr. Lisa Lucero on the 2025 publication of her book Maya Wisdom and the Survival of Our Planet (2025) from Oxford University Press! The book is available as Hardcover/ebook or ...

2025-01-26 - Mother Jones reporter Madison Pauly speaks with Dr. Kathryn Clancy to understand the vast potential consequences of the White House’s new definition of sex in this January 2025 article. Read the full piece...

2025-01-26 - The November 2024 issue of the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage is available online. 

2025-01-21 - August Hoffman is a 2024–2025 HRI Graduate Fellow. His current project centers on the political ecology between humans, the state, wolves, and wolfdog crosses or “hybrids” as it manifests through the contexts of the exotic pet trade, animal sanctuaries, and wildlife management agencies. Read his interview entitled, '...

2025-01-14 - Illinois Anthropology faculty Dr. Jenny Davis publishes essay, 'Home-Carrying—A Repatriation Trip to Vanuatu 100 Years in the Making' in SAPIENS. Read the essay here. 

2025-01-12 - Interseminars Fellow Omar Agustin Hernandez (Anthropology) talks about the benefits of an interdisciplinary cohort and how his research connects to the theme “Collisions Across Color Lines.” Read about these connections on the HRI Inquiry blog.

2025-01-12 - Anthropology undergraduate student Zyara Morton is an intern at the Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST). As part of their internship Morton writes blog posts for C2ST and recently interviewed our very own Illinois Archaeologist Dr. Kate Bishop! Read 'Excavating...

2025-01-06 - Grappling with Monuments of Oppression: Moving from Analysis to Activism provides a timely analysis of the diverse approaches being used around the world to confront colonial and imperial monuments and to promote social equity. The volume is edited...

2024-12-21 - Congratulations to our Undergraduate Studies December 2024 Graduates! Alex Albuixech-Robinson Amr Elayyan Kailey Allisa Kinard Makenna Mae Long Aghalya Sadhvika-Vimala Narayanan We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see where your futures take you!

2024-12-19 - Congratulations to Illinois Doctoral Alumna Alleen Betzenhauser, Ph.D., for being selected as the next Director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey (ISAS) as of April 1, 2025, and also serve as the Illinois State Archaeologist! Alleen brings more than two decades of expertise in archaeological research, leadership and community engagement to this role. She is a proud alum with research...

2024-12-11 - In 1898, two male lions terrorized an encampment of bridge builders on the Tsavo River in Kenya. The lions, which were massive and maneless, crept into the camp at night, raided the tents and dragged off their victims. In a new study, Field Museum researchers collaborated with scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, inlcuding Illinois Anthropology faculty Ripan S. Malhi,...