2022-10-21
- Congratulations to Anthropology Associate Professor, Dr Jenny Davis, for being named Conrad Humanities Scholar for 2022!
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- 2022-10-21 - Assistant professor Dr Jessica Brinkworth has co-authored an article in the journal Nature on the evolution of immune genes associated with infectious diseases, especially the second pandemic of the plague, known as Black Death. The pandemic constitutes the greatest mortality event...
- 2022-10-19 - Congratulations to Professor Virginia Dominguez for receiving the 2022 Wilbur Cross Medal Award for Outstanding Work and Service. Dominguez was awarded Yale's highest alumnae...
- 2022-10-17 - Dr. George Calfas', Anthropology alumni writing is featured in Illinois News for his contribution to a Met Exhibit entitled “Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina.” The exhibit features a stoneware vessel that Dr. Calfas had excavated during a UofI...
- 2022-10-02 - "Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Join co-curators Adrienne Spinozzi, The Met; Ethan Lasser, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Jason Young,...
- 2022-09-19 - Join us in congratulating Assistant Professor Krystal A. Smalls for receiving a named position as a Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (LEAP) Scholar! The position comes with financial support for her work. ...
- 2022-09-19 - Every summer, about 35,000 to 55,000 farmworkers migrate or transition to agriculture in Illinois. They endure extreme poverty, without access to healthcare, and with no choice about where to live or work. The Agricultural Safety and Health Center in Chicago will be the newest center of about...
- 2022-09-11 - Anthropology undergraduate student interned this past summer with the Indigenous Languages on the Move Collective, led by professor Korinta Maldonado. Jorge was able to work with the revitalization language branch. His internship was supported by the...
- 2022-09-05 - Clinical Associate Professor Dr Cris Hughes has diligently worked on establishing collaboration with the Illinois State Police. These culminated in State Law of August 2021 which created the Illinois Forensic Science Committee, a body of action to deal with the backlog of mounting forensic evidence...
- 2022-09-01 - Earlier in the summer, Professor Laura Shackelford of Anthropology received wide media coverage for her discovery in a cave in Laos of remains from the Denisovans...
- 2022-09-01 - Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Indian American Studies Korinta Maldonado has been working with scholars, students and communities on the preservation of indigenous languages. Towards that effort, she is leading the Indigenous Languages on the Move Collective in Illinois, to help local Maya...
- 2022-08-29 - Assistant Professor Jessica Brinkworth of Anthropology has recently given a series of interviews in relation to the upcoming flu season, as well as COVID-19 and monkeypox viruses. You can watch the latest one with CBS News ...
- 2022-08-22 - On Friday, August 19, LAS LIFTOFF '22, the inaugural event for all LAS first-year students took place in Krannert Center for the Performing Arts! More than 3,000 students from across the US and the world were introduced to LAS and its departments, received gifts and played games. ...
- 2022-08-22 - Congratulations to Dr Petra Jelinek for her promotion this summer to Senior Lecturer!
2022-08-22 - Anthropology doctoral student Breanna Escamilla spent the summer working with community partner Driven to Reach Excellence & Academic Achievement for Males (DREAAM). DREAAM takes a trauma-informed approach to empower boys and young men for...