Undergrad Student Reese Hotten-Somers Presents at the 27th Annual UROP Symposium
Reese Hotten-Somers (Faculty Mentor: Christopher Schmitt): Gut microbiome as a proxy for SIV status in wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythrus)
Undergrad Student Kiyomi Genewick Presents at the 27th Annual UROP Symposium
Kiyomi Genewick (Faculty Mentor: Cheryl Knott): Oral Processing Behavior Patterns in Wild Bornean Orangutans
Undergrad Student Katrina Tronco (CAS’25) Presents at the 27th Annual UROP Symposium
Katrina Tronco (Faculty Mentor: Merav Shohet): Family Care, Decision-Making, and Community Building in the Filipino Nursing Diaspora from an Intergenerational Perspective
PhD Student Trevor Lamb gives virtual talk for the Alutiiq Museum
PhD candidate, Trevor Lamb gave a virtual talk at the Alutiiq Museum in Alaska on Friday, October 11th titled “Plant Use from Alutiiq Archaeological Sites.” This talk was a part of the museum’s Fall Lecture Series.
PhD Student Tianyi Bai receives grant from Wenner-Gren
Congratulations to Tianyi Bai who has received a grant from Wenner-Gren for dissertation research! The grant title is “Navigating (Un-)imaginable Futures: The Temporal Horizons of Gender among Trans Youths in China.”
PhD Student Jonathan Norris hosts book talk with Marwan Kaabour on his new edited book: The Queer Arab Glossary
PhD candidate Johnathan Norris hosts a book talk on October 8 with Marwan Kaabour on his new edited book: The Queer Arab Glossary at the Geddes Center. Kaabour’s book compiles key Arabic words on queer life, broken into specific sections based on Arabic dialects, vignettes and stories written by Arab queer people throughout the Middle […]
READ: Samantha Vee’s article, “Costs and benefits of allomaternal care to mothers and others in wild Phayre’s leaf monkeys”
Biological Anthropology PhD student Samantha Vee’s research she conducted as a master’s student was recently published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology! Her article “Costs and benefits of allomaternal care to mothers and others in wild Phayre’s leaf monkeys” can be read here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajpa.25035 Congratulations Samantha!
PhD student Karen Stewart has received a Henry S. Newman Fellowship
Grad Karen Stewart has received a Henry S. Newman Fellowship for the academic year 2024-2025. Congratulations, Karen!
PhD student Sümeyra Gunes awarded a Campagna-Kerven Graduate Fellowship
Sümeyra Gunes has been awarded a Campagna-Kerven Graduate Fellowship for the next academic year (2024-2025) endowed by a bequest from Madame Susanne Campagna. Congratulations Sumeyra!
Anthro majors Katrina Tronco, Naomi Alexander, Poppy Livingston & Birdie Gile win BUCH awards
Anthropology majors Katrina Tronco, Naomi Alexander, Poppy Livingstone, and Birdie Gile won undergraduate student awards from the BU Center for the Humanities. The center awarded only twenty-two undergraduate students this year across the humanities departments, so the Anthropology Department is proud to have four of its students honored. Katrina Tronco was awarded The Edwin S. […]