2021-03-27
- Research from the lab of Assistant Professor Jessica Brinkworth on early immune responses of primates to bacterial and viral infections has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The article, titled "...
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- 2021-03-12 - Krystiana Krupa, program officer for NAGPRA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign office, gave a talk about the implications of 30 years of the Act for teaching and research. The recording of the talk can be found here
- 2021-03-11 - A just-published article on Evolutionary Anthropology by Assistant Professor Jessica Brinkworth and graduate student Negin Valizadegan of Anthropology offers a new analysis on bacterial sepsis. The...
- 2021-03-05 - Assistant Professor Jessica Brinkworth participated in the construction of a new classroom COVID-19 primer. The primer addresses the rise of new, more competitive SARS-CoV-2 variants Professor Brinkworth's contribution focuses on anthro themes, more specifically the social determinants of...
2021-02-28 - Professors Jane Desmond and Virginia Dominguez of Anthropology are featured (among other past IFUSS fellows from various countries) in an upcoming webinar for the Society for U.S. Intellectual History on "US Studies in an International Context" next Sunday, March 7th. Register...- 2021-02-23 - Prof Ripan Malhi has been awarded a Levenick Teaching Sustainability Fellowship for AY 2021-22. Dr Malhi joins an expanding cohort of sustainability educators on campus eager to introduce new ideas and strategies to the classroom. The fellowship program is administered...
- 2021-02-23 - Anthropology Professor Ripan Malhi, and PhD alumna Alyssa Bader are featured in a KTOO report about Sealaska Heritage lectures, a lecture series to highlight the need for inclusivity and indigenous researchers in academia. Read article...
- 2021-02-23 - Anthropology PhD candidate Karthik Yarlagadda has published a scientific paper on his doctoral research. Coauthor Dr. Kelsey Witt is a recent graduate of the Program for Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Conservation. Also part of the project and co-authors on the publication are recent...
2021-02-10 - The Labor, Health, Equity, Action Project has offered significant service in the community and has investigated and filled important gaps in COVID-19-related testing and services. Anthropology Associate Professor, one of the investigators for the project, discussed it...- 2021-02-08 - Joseph A. Coyle, Anthropology PhD student is named HRI program fellow for 2021. The theme for this year's programs is "Symptoms of Crisis." Please, join us in congratulating Joseph for this amazing...
2021-02-08 - Please, join us in congratulating Breanna Escamilla, Anthropology PhD student for her being named Humanities without Walls Predoctoral Fellow for 2021. The Humanities Without Walls fellowship program aims to link...
2021-02-05 - Anthropology News from the American Anthropological Association features our very own, Assistant Professor Krystal A. Smalls among its Stars from AAA sections. Professor Smalls is recognized for her eclectic research and engage scholarship, and the theoretical rigor she has contributed to the field...- 2021-01-29 - Gutsgell Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Virginia Dominguez recently conducted an interview with academic, clinical anthropologist, and practicing psychotherapist, Salma Siddique. The interview sheds light to the valuable offerings of...
- 2020-12-17 - The Malhi Laboratory has made Illinois News for leading anthropological research that studied the DNA of elephant tusks found in a Portuguese shipwreck in 1533, off the coast of Namimbia. The analysis, led by postdoctoral researcher of the...
- 2020-12-17 - Join us in extending our most proud congratulations to Anthropology Alumnus, Daniel Gutierrez, for being elected to the National Main Street...