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Professor William Taylor's upcoming book , ‘Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History,’ featured in A&S Magazine. In the book, Professor Taylor writes that today’s world has been molded by humans’ relationship to horses. Nearly a million years ago in what is now southern England, human ancestors called Homo heidelbergensis...

Alumna, Susan Erikson (Anthropology, PhD 2001) was named a Distinguished (Full) Professor at Simon Fraser University for her work in the political economy of global health. This honour is conferred on SFU research faculty members who have achieved exceptional performance and distinguished accomplishments relative to their rank and years of...

Professor Carole McGranahan's Tibetan Research and Camp Hale Event Featured in A&S Magazine , Vail Daily , and Colorado Sun . Professor McGranahan's work delves into the incredible history of Tibetan soldiers trained by the CIA at Camp Hale in the 1960s. This fascinating story uncovers a unique chapter of...

Professor Carole McGranahan who has long studied the Tibetan perspective of China’s invasion and occupation of Tibet, joins the Tibetan community to commemorate the location on June 9 at Camp Hale, Colorado. For decades, the CIA’s training of Tibetan soldiers to fight Chinese invaders was a state secret, but even...

Alumna, Caroline Conzelman (Anthropology, PhD 2007) was promoted to Full Teaching Professor this year at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she teaches anthropology courses and mentors first-year students in the College of Arts & Sciences Residential Academic Programs. She is also the Program Director of the Environment and Natural...

Graduate students Nicholas Puente (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) and Sarah Simeonoff (Archaelogy, PhD in Progress) present at the 2024 Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) meeting in Sante Fe, New Mexico. Nicholas Puente presented, "Entangling Surface and Subsurface Worlds: The movement of speleothems and creation of space at Punta Laguna, Yucatan, Mexico." Sarah...

Huge congratulations to the CU Boulder Anthropology Graduates of 2024! Your dedication, curiosity, and hard work have led you to this incredible achievement. As you step into the world, may you continue to explore, discover, and make meaningful impacts wherever your journey takes you. Here's to a future filled with...

Sarah Simeonoff (PhD Archaelogy in Progress) awarded a Lewis and Clark Fund Grand from the American Philosophical Society. These funds will support Sarah's preliminary dissertation field research in Alaska.

Chu Paing successfully defended her dissertation "Intense Engagements: Social Media Activism in the Aftermath of the 2021 Military Coup in Myanmar," on May 16, to a group of 30 enthusiastic attendees and her doctoral committee: Professor Carla Jones (advisor), Professor Alison Cool, Professor Emily Hue (University of California Riverside), Professor...

Jessica Misiorek (Cultural Anthropology, PhD in Progress) awarded a general unrestricted Vassar Fellowship. Vassar Fellowships are for one year of support and may not be deferred. Seniors and Vassar graduates may apply. The fellowship funds have been established by friends of the college to encourage Vassar graduates to continue their...