News & Events

Professor Will Taylor's, "Early Dispersal of Domestic Horses into the Great Plains and Northern Rockies," article featured as the cover story in Science. Abstract: The horse is central to many Indigenous cultures across the American Southwest and

Sarah Simeonoff was awarded the Bertha Parker Cody Award for Native American Women.  These scholarships support archaeological training and undergraduate and graduate studies for Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.

Congratulations to archaeology graduate student Kelsey Hoppes who passed her Ph.D. qualifying exam.  Awesome work, Kelsey!

During Professor Lauren Hosek's CU Museum AIA Lecture, "They are still teaching us": Community Bioarchaeology & the Sisters of Loretto Project, Lauren was recognized for her contribution to the project and the care she took towards the nuns

Graduate student Georgia Butcher awarded an NSF DDRIG Grant.  The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement grant supports doctoral research aimed at understanding patterns, causes and consequences of human social and cultural variation,

Graduate student Chilton Tippin publishes, "The Mexican River Defenders Fighting for the San Pedro," in Sapiens Anthropology Magazine.  The article is about a river-based resistance group in Chihuahua, Mexico that uses trash

Professor William Taylor worked with TED animators and sound designers to produce an animated educational resource on the global story of people and horses.  In this TED-Ed video, Professor Taylor explores how the domestication of horses

Alumna, Emily Hite (PhD Cultural Anthropology, 2021) accepts a tenure track Assistant Professor position in the Sociology & Anthropology department at Saint Louis University starting Fall 2023.    

Graduate student Katie McGuire was among the first in a series of Graduate Student Twitter Takeovers on the CU Boulder account.  The CU Boulder social media team gave her the opportunity to take over the @cuboulder Twitter to talk

Professor Carla Jones' co-authored article: “Revising the AAA’s Guidelines on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault”  published in Anthropology News. Five years after the Association produced its first guidelines, a working group is