Emily Johnson (CAS’17) recipient of NSF Fellowship
Good news! Our 2017 BA grad Emily Johnson (now a PhD student at UC Santa Barbara, https://www.anth.ucsb.edu/people/emily-johnson) is the recipient of a 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (https://www.nsfgrfp.org)!! They only awarded 7 in archaeology this year, nationwide, so it’s intensely competitive. The fellowship funds three years of her graduate research. Congratulations Emily!
David Carballo recipient of Whiting Public Engagement Seed Grant
David Carballo will receive $10,000 to lead a community-engaged archaeology project with youth living near the ancient city of Teotihuacan, one of the largest cities of the pre-Columbian Americas. A heavily visited tourist destination and iconic national treasure, Teotihuacan is nonetheless threatened by the urban sprawl of Mexico City. Carballo and colleagues, including artist Pedro Cahuantzi […]
Curtis Runnels elected to the Board of Overseers of the Gennadius Library and recipient of the Gennadius Prize
27 January 2010 NEWS Curtis Runnels (Professor of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Classical Studies) has received two honors. He has been elected to the Board of Overseers of the Gennadius Library in Athens, Greece. The Gennadius Library is part of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Founded in 1881, the School supports research and […]
Joshua Robinson awarded Leakey Foundation grant
Josh’s grant in the amount of $13,996.00 awarded in support of his research project, “Multiproxy paleoecology of ~ 2.35 Ma early Homo from Ethiopia.” Congratulations Josh!
Mary Clarke awarded a BUCH Dissertation Fellowship.
Mary Clarke (GRS’20) awarded a Dissertation Fellowship funded by the Boston University Center for the Humanities. This award is given to only a small number of top graduate students in humanities fields. Award ceremony and reception, May 14th. Congratulations Mary!
Katie Berlin awarded the Andrew Sherratt Fund
Katie Berlin (GRS’21) received an award from the Andrew Sherratt Fund at the University of Sheffield to fund her research in Greece this summer! The award is to support graduate students doing archaeological research in Old World Prehistory. Congratulations Katie! https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/research/andrew-sherratt-fund
Mary Clarke (GRS’20) awarded the BU Arts Initiative Graduate Arts Research Grant
Mary Clarke (GRS’20) awarded a Graduate Arts Research Grant in the amount of $3,000. Funding for this award has been provided by the BU Arts Initiative and the Associate Provost for Graduate Affairs. Congratulations Mary!
Guzin Eren recipient of Archaeology Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award 2018-2019
Congratulations Guzin! This distinction shows that we value your important contribution to our teaching mission and confidence in your performance and abilities. The reception will take place in the College of Arts and Sciences, Room 132, 725 Commonwealth Ave., Monday, May 6th.
Sydney Hunter awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Sydney Hunter (CAS’19) Archaeology Senior, has been awarded a J. William Fulbright Scholarship to attend the University of Liverpool for a Master’s of Arts in Archaeology. At Liverpool, she’ll be taking classes on the archaeology of the Near East and various materials analyses, emphasis on archaeobotany for the MA thesis work. Sydney will be conducting research […]
Emma Schlauder wins Fulbright Scholarship
Archaeology senior Emma Schlauder (CAS’19) has been awarded a J. William Fulbright Scholarship for study in the United Kingdom. A double major in Archaeology and History, with a minor in Classical Civilization, Emma will use the prestigious award to attend the University of Sheffield’s MSc program in Human Osteology and Funerary Archaeology in fall 2019. […]