2017-10-26
- Johanson (BA, '66, anthropology) spotted the fragment of an elbow sticking from the ground, and he immediately recognized that it came from a human skeleton. A careful dig followed, and Johanson and his team wound up uncovering 40 percent of a skeleton that was approximately 3.2 million years old—the oldest and most complete skeleton ever discovered...
- 2017-10-05 - We the undersigned faculty members of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign condemn the Trump Administration's recent decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). We recognize that this decision is likely to criminalize many of our already vulnerable students, and we oppose that. Each and every student...
2017-07-21 - Allie says "We really had a great group of 15 students: 9-12th graders from across Illinois. I really tried to give the students hands on experience in 4 field anthropology. We worked with forces of evolution, dog domestication, genetics, human paleontology, tool use, forensic scene recovery, biological profiles, cultural object analysis, museum studies and so much more! It was a great...
2017-07-14 - Nicole Cox wins the Graduate Student Paper Prize at 2017 Central States Anthropological Society Meetings for her paper "Troubling Tradition: Questions of Authority, Costume and Embodiment in Kathak"
2017-07-06 - Dr. David W. Plath, Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign new documentary film So Long Asleep; waking the ghosts of a war has been selected for screening in October during the annual Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York’s...
2017-06-27 - Read more about this book at the University of Illinois Press page for this book. Chapters include: Part I. Whose "America"? Whose "Anti-Americanism"? 1. Internationalizing African American Studies, Too: White (West-) German Responses to the Civil Rights Movement ; 2. What We Talk about When We...- 2017-06-09 - The American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) have selected Dr. Lyle Konigsberg as the next Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. This is a five-year position that also provides a seat on the AAPA Executive Committee.
- 2017-06-06 - The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has elected Dr. Kathryn Clancy to the Biological Anthropology Seat on the AAA Executive Board. This is a three year term. Congratulations Kate on being elected to the leadership of the Association!
- 2017-05-03 - Of the hundreds of people who die trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico each year, those with indigenous backgrounds are less likely to be identified than those with more European ancestry, a new analysis reveals. Read more about Dr. Cris Hughes' work here.
- 2017-03-14 - Professor Helaine Silverman has been awarded the Sheth Distinguished Faculty award for International Achievement for her teaching, research, and acts of public service. Read the full story here.
- 2017-02-28 - Read about doctoral students Matthew Go and Amanda Lee's work in Manila at "Grad Life: A behind the scenes look at the graduate experience at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign." The article is available here.
- 2017-02-09 - Click here for more information and an application form (due March 31). Around AD 1050, Cahokia, North America’s first city north of Mexico, was built just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, but after only 300 years, the city was abandoned. Ever since Cahokia was rediscovered by European explorers, the...
- 2017-02-08 - Read more here about Chris Nixon's path from anthropology major at UIUC to Interaction designer at Expedia.
2017-01-20 - Anthropology alumnus Batamaka Somé puts his degree to work bringing relief to developing communities