• Professor Jessica Brinkworth and Doctoral Student Grace Shaw Publish Paper on the Unequal Burden of Sepsis on People of Color
    2022-06-13 -   A recent article in the Yearbook of Biological Anthropology highlights sepsis's unequal effect on Black, Indigenous and People of Color. The authors, Illinois Anthropology Professor Jessica Brinkworth and doctoral student Grace Shaw analyze data to show that the reasons behind those disparities lie in...
  • Professor Kathryn Clancy earns Provost Distinguished Promotion Award
    2022-05-24 - Join us in congratulating Professor Kathryn Clancy for earning the Provost's Distinguished Promotion Award! The award is offered to a small percentage of academics whom the Campus Committee for Promotions and Tenure identifies as "exceptional cases of scholars whose contributions have been...
  • Professor Laura Shackelford's research uncover unknown practices of extinct humans species
    2022-05-19 - Professor Laura Shackelford's research in the  Annamite Mountains of Laos is shedding light to mystery. She and collaborator Fabrice Demeter, a paleoanthropologist at the Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, have uncovered pieces of human remains from the Denisovans, an ancient human group that split from their relatives, the Neanderthals, 400,000 years...
  • Christian Hasler on the Kenan Archaeology Field School
    2022-05-02 -   My name is Christian Hasler, and I am an Anthropology major at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I attended the UIUC Sapelo Island Field School of 2021, and here is a little bit about my experience!   To get to the island, we drove from Davenport Hall to Dalton, GA, then from Dalton to the Sapelo island ferry. Once we got there, we made ourselves comfortable in the...
  • Daniela Gradilla on the Kenan Archaeology Field School
    2022-05-02 -   My name is Daniela Gradilla and I am a senior majoring in anthropology with a concentration in archaeology. As many of you know, archaeology students are required to do a field school during their undergrad. I had always wanted to be a part of a field school and to experience what archaeology is all about but with the COVID-19 pandemic, I worried that I wouldn’t have that opportunity. I...
  • Rachel Burdette on the Kenan Archaeology Field School
    2022-05-01 -   Much of our field school was spent digging shovel test units and the proper way to dig these units. We focused heavily on the correct technique to cut walls with shovels to ensure the walls would not collapse and there would be a sturdy structure to continue digging down, as some shovel test units could be dug a meter deep. It also is significant to ensure that no artifacts are missed...
  • Jenny Sun reflection on the Kenan Archaeology field school
    2022-05-01 - The field school I attended this summer would be one of the most treasurable memories. This one and half month's experience not only gave me hands-on learning experience in my major archaeology but also offered me a chance to meet lovely people who shared similar interests and passions. In field moments                    ...
  • Makayla Muzinic on her internship with the Frances Nelson Health Center of Promise Healthcare
    2022-05-01 - My name is Makayla Muzinic, and I am a senior double majoring in Anthropology and Integrative Biology. Over this past summer, I was able to intern at the Frances Nelson Health Center of Promise Healthcare in Champaign, IL. I was placed in the prenatal department because I have experience in the Carle NICU, and I was selected as a recipient of the Liebman Engaged Anthropology Award from this...
  • Sofia Sato on the Liebman Engaged Anthropology Award
    2022-05-01 - Sophia Sato (pictured at the upper left) is a senior who received a Liebman Undergraduate Internship Award for the Spring 2021 semester. She worked closely with Dr. Korinta Maldonado as an intern for Indigenous Languages on the Move, which is a language justice and interpreters collective in the Urbana-Champaign area.  This is what she had to say about her experience: “I am so...
  • Miles Ury on the Kenan Archaeology Field School
    2022-04-29 - I am Miles Ury, a senior at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana(UIUC) pursuing a double major in Archaeology and Statistics.  This past summer(2021) I attended a field school run by UIUC that took place at the Kenan Field site on Sapelo Island, Georgia, and was spearheaded by Dr. Ritchison, a professor at the university.   The field school actually existed, was safe in the U.S...
  • Job Announcement: Instructor or Visiting Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology 
    2022-04-29 - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   The Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for an Instructor or Visiting Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology with scholarly interests in one or more of the following: paleoanthropology, human evolutionary anatomy and biomechanics. The...
  • Extended Deadline: Public Service Assistant Specialist - Job Post Announcement
    2022-04-18 - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  The Public Service Archaeology & Architecture Program is searching for three Public Service Assistant Specialists that will conduct all levels of cultural resource investigations throughout the Midwest as part of a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign-based cultural resources management program. Position requires in-State and out-of-...
  • Professor Jane Desmond is quoted in the New York Times
    2022-03-30 - Building on the momentum of public outreach for anthropological work, a NYT Opinion article on mourning pets (...
  • Professor Malhi's genomic research on present-day members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe
    2022-03-23 - A genomic study led by Professor Ripan S Malhi challenges the notion that the Ohlone emigrated to the San Fransisco Bay Area between A.D. 500-1,000. The research links the DNA of eight present-day members of resent-day members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe with that of ancestors who lived in the area several hundred to 2,000 years ago. Stanford University biology professor Noah Rosenberg...
  • Professors Lisa Lucero and Ripan S Malhi are quoted in the New York Times
    2022-03-23 - Anthropology Professors Lucero and Malhi are featured in a New York Times article (...