Faculty News

READ: PhD Faye Harwell, alumni Dr. Lara Drugavich & Prof. Cheryl Knott’s article, “A composite menstrual cycle of captive orangutans, with associated hormonal and behavioral variability”

Read the new article by Faye Harwell, Dr. Lara Durgavich, and Prof. Cheryl Knott! Great work by current PhD candidate, Faye Harwell, alumni Dr. Lara Durgavich, and Professor Cheryl Knott! Their paper documents the sexual behaviors and menstrual cycles of orangutans. Check it out here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajp.23420

Prof. Hefner interviewed by the Pardee School

Prof. Hefner Explores Impact of Television on Indonesian Islamic Resurgence in an interview conducted by the Pardee School. Read more in this article by the Pardee School: https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/2022/07/20/hefner-explores-impact-of-television-on-indonesian-islamic-resurgence/ 

Professor Emeritus Sutti Ortiz Koch has passed away

Professor Emeritus Sutti Ortiz Koch (1929-2022) passed away peacefully in Lexington, MA, on June 27, 2022, after a long illness. She leaves her husband, Ehud Koch, of Lexington; her son, Daniel Koch; daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Vittori Koch; grandson, Cy Vittori-Koch; and granddaughter, Zoe Vittori-Koch, all of Jamaica Plain, MA. Sutti taught in the Department of Anthropology […]

READ: Prof. Marston’s article, “Early millet cultivation, subsistence diversity, and wild plant use at Neolithic Anle, Lower Yangtze, China

Lab alumna Yiyi Tang (CAS ’21, GRS ’21) and Marston are co-authors on a new article, “Early millet cultivation, subsistence diversity, and wild plant use at Neolithic Anle, Lower Yangtze, China,” published in The Holocene (access it here). In the article, which is based on Yiyi’s MA project, we present evidence for a diversified agricultural system, focused on […]