Hi All, Some news and notes from around the department: Job Candidate Lectures Next Week Primatology Search Join us on Monday, January 14, at 3 pm, for a lecture by Dr. Dena Clink: “Eavesdropping on Southeast Asian primates – What bioacoustics can teach us about primate evolution, ecology and conservation.” The lecture will be in Room […]
Hi All, Welcome back! I hope everyone had a relaxing break. Some news and notes around the Department: First Find of a Temple to the Flayed Lord Dr. Susan Gillespie was featured in an AP article discussing a recent find at the Popoloca Indian ruins in Puebla. Read about it here. Upcoming Job Talks We have two candidates […]
Hi All, Some news as the semester winds down and we’re furiously completing final exams, grading them, or, for some of you, both! Graduations and other Milestones The close of the semester is a time for many of us to depart Gainesville for the holiday break, but it’s also a great time for recognizing all […]
Hi All, I hope everyone enjoyed a few days off for the holiday. Here are a few things of note: Federal Grants and CAS Exemptions If you currently have federal funding and need to expend funds that require a CAS Exemption, I’d encourage you to be proactive and process the CAS Exemption now, rather than […]
Spring Travel Apps are due by the end of the day today Graduate students should submit their application to Nita Bagnall, faculty to Karen Jones. Course Syllabi It doesn’t feel like it, but the semester is rapidly winding down and spring semester will be here very quickly. As you complete your course syllabi for […]
Hi all, Here are some possum-free items of interest happening in and around the department: Congratulations to CLAS Dissertation Fellowship and Eddy Dissertation Fellowship Awardees: Kia Fuller was awarded CLAS Dissertation Fellowships for her dissertation work, “Investigating the relationship between genetic variation, social network characteristics, and symptoms of depression in African Americans.” Kelly Chapman received […]
Hi All, It might seem like a slow week, but there was plenty of excitement in the department: Department of Anthropology Office to Change Name to Possum Lodge Earlier this week, the department, after years and years of searching for a totem animal, finally found success when a mischievous marsupial apparated into the chair’s office […]
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Some news, notes, and items from in and around the department: Student Awards Congratulations to three recipients of Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Awards! Netty Carey will be studying “Precarious Property on Ghana’s Eroding Coast” Megan Cogburn’s research is entitled “Pushing Institutional Deliveries: An Ethnography of Childbirth Care in Rural Tanzania” Cady Gonzalez will investigate “Hospitality […]
Congratulations to the three most recent recipients of Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad awards: Netty Carey will be studying “Precarious Property on Ghana’s Eroding Coast.” Megan Cogburn’s study is entitled “Pushing Institutional Deliveries: An Ethnography of Childbirth Care in Rural Tanzania” Cady Gonzalez will investigate “Hospitality in International Development: The case of Coffee and Sanitation in […]
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