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Libby Brown, M Jordan & Emily Reardon Won Best Overall Poster at the Studio Lab Poster Session

Renee Kuban — Fri, 02 May 2025 14:45:36 +0000

Libby Brown, M Jordan & Emily Reardon Won Best Overall Poster at the Studio Lab Poster Session Renee Kuban Fri, 05/02/2025 - 08:45

Libby Brown, M Jordan, and Emily Reardon (BA Anthropology in Progress) won top prize at the Studio Lab End-of-year Poster Session for their project with Dr. Lauren Hosek entitled "Numbers to Narratives: Using Biological Profiles to Reconstruct the Lives of Loretto Sisters."

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Meg Hardie Passes Her PhD Qualifying Exam

Renee Kuban — Fri, 02 May 2025 14:34:01 +0000

Meg Hardie Passes Her PhD Qualifying Exam Renee Kuban Fri, 05/02/2025 - 08:34

Meg Hardie (Biological Anthropology, PhD in Progress) has successfully passed her qualifying exam. Her committee consisted of Professors Sharon Dewitte, Lauren Hosek, Scott Ortman and Fernando Villanea.

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Jack Dalton AwardedA Graduate School Summer Fellowship

Renee Kuban — Thu, 01 May 2025 15:31:04 +0000

Jack Dalton AwardedA Graduate School Summer Fellowship Renee Kuban Thu, 05/01/2025 - 09:31

Jack Dalton (Biological Anthropology, PhD Candidate) has been selected to receive the Graduate School Summer Fellowship. This fellowship will allow Jack to work on his dissertation on galago cognition.

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Fernando Villanea Awarded NSF Grant

Renee Kuban — Thu, 01 May 2025 15:16:05 +0000

Fernando Villanea Awarded NSF Grant Renee Kuban Thu, 05/01/2025 - 09:16

Professor Fernando Villanea Awarded an NSF grant for his research,"Archaic hominin genomic variation in modern human populations."

Abstract

Living people carry archaic genetic material inherited from other hominins such as Neanderthals and Denisovans. This genetic inheritance can affect fitness and health, and its persistence and effects cannot be fully understood unless studies consider each group?s unique population history and the evolutionary processes that shaped them. The goal of this study is to assess the presence and evaluate the impact of archaic hominin ancestry in groups with a complex population history. To achieve this goal, the study applies sophisticated computational genetic techniques to existing information. The study develops educational tools, provides training opportunities for students at different educational levels, and builds capacity in a new generation of scientists.

This research advances knowledge of archaic ancestry in groups with complex admixture. To separate the archaic ancestry contributions from those derived from modern groups, this study analyzes the genomes of individuals that predate well documented historic processes as well as those from modern peoples. To improve admixture models, the study creates computational tools that benefit from artificial intelligence techniques. The study examines the relationship between archaic gene variants and phenotypic traits.

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Grace Thompson Named a 2025 Savit Scholar

Renee Kuban — Thu, 01 May 2025 14:54:34 +0000

Grace Thompson Named a 2025 Savit Scholar Renee Kuban Thu, 05/01/2025 - 08:54

Grace Thompson (BA Anthropology in Progress) has been selected as a 2025 Savit Scholar. Only three students were selected this year. Grace was selected because her proposal promises to push disciplinary boundaries and create new space for creativity, expression and connection. We are honored to support your project “Culturally informed care of indigenous-associated animal remains in museum collections..”

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Alumna, Carol Conzelman Receives Fulbright US Scholar & UROP Mentor Award

Renee Kuban — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:17:03 +0000

Alumna, Carol Conzelman Receives Fulbright US Scholar & UROP Mentor Award Renee Kuban Tue, 04/29/2025 - 09:17

Carol Conzelman (Anthropology, PhD 2007) received a Fulbright scholarship to Spain. She will be working with the Department of International Relations and Tourism Studies (The Open Faculty) at the Universidad de Murcia. And…. in addition to that, Carol was just honored with a UROP Mentor Award from the С�� Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program.

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Olumide Ojediran Receives Taylor Student Poster Award Honorable Mention

Renee Kuban — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:23:08 +0000

Olumide Ojediran Receives Taylor Student Poster Award Honorable Mention Renee Kuban Mon, 04/28/2025 - 11:23

Olumide Ojediran (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) received an honorable mention at the 2025 RE Taylor Student Poster Award competition at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting yesterday, for his work "Understanding Human-Equid Relationships in the Old Oyo Empire, West Africa." This is a national competition here for our largest disciplinary conference in archaeology - and comes with both a cash prize and a membership in the Society for Archaeological Sciences.

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Donna Goldstein Receives Exceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award

Renee Kuban — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:08:25 +0000

Donna Goldstein Receives Exceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award Renee Kuban Mon, 04/28/2025 - 11:08

Professor Donna Goldstein has been chosen as a winner of the Graduate School’s 2024-2025 Exceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award.

These faculty were nominated by students, department or program administrators, faculty, or staff for their outstanding contributions either to mentoring individual graduate students, improving the overall climate of graduate education within their program, or improving the graduate program itself.

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Jessica Misiorek Successfully Defended Her MA paper

Renee Kuban — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:52:03 +0000

Jessica Misiorek Successfully Defended Her MA paper Renee Kuban Mon, 04/28/2025 - 10:52

Jessica Misiorek (Cultural Anthropology, PhD in Progress) successfully defended her MA paper "Making the Japanese and the Foreign: Discourses of Overtourism, Nihonjinron, and Mixed and Multicultural Japanese Identity." Her committee members were Professors Kate Goldfarb (chair), Carla Jones, and Carole McGranahan.

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Yuxiang Lin Successfully Defended His MA Thesis

Renee Kuban — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:49:35 +0000

Yuxiang Lin Successfully Defended His MA Thesis Renee Kuban Fri, 04/25/2025 - 09:49

Yuxiang Lin (Cultural Anthropology, PhD in Progress) successfully defended his MA paper "Report as Infrastructure: The Discursive Construction of Nepal's Hydropower." His committee members were Professors Jerry Jacka and Carole McGranahan, (co-chairs), and Alison Cool.

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Libby Brown, M Jordan & Emily Reardon Won Best Overall Poster at the Studio Lab Poster Session

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Meg Hardie Passes Her PhD Qualifying Exam

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Jack Dalton AwardedA Graduate School Summer Fellowship

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Fernando Villanea Awarded NSF Grant

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Grace Thompson Named a 2025 Savit Scholar

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Alumna, Carol Conzelman Receives Fulbright US Scholar & UROP Mentor Award

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Olumide Ojediran Receives Taylor Student Poster Award Honorable Mention

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Donna Goldstein Receives Exceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award

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Jessica Misiorek Successfully Defended Her MA paper

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Yuxiang Lin Successfully Defended His MA Thesis

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Donna Goldstein Receives Exceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award