Maria Codlin (GRS’21) receives award
Congratulations to Maria Codlin (GRS’21)! Her paper titled “Hunting and Husbandry at the Ancient Mexican City of Teotihuacan” has been selected for the 2021 Society for American Archaeology student paper award. Award listed here.
Josh Robinson awarded a Franklin Research Grant
Josh Robinson awarded a Franklin Research Grant in the amount of $6,000 in support of his research, “Emergence of platyrrhine primate communities: Paleoenvironments from the Miocene Pinturas Formation, Argentina.” from the American Philosophical Society. Congratulations Josh!
Curtis Runnels being honored by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Professor Curtis Runnels is being honored by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens will host a Virtual Gala to honor for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge of post-antique Greece. Please join us on Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 6:30 PM EDT for an extraordinary evening of culture, education, and inspiration—from the comfort of […]
Archaeology majors and PhD student awarded prestigious BU Humanities Center awards
The BU Center for the Humanities Executive Committee selected four Archaeology majors and one Archaeology PhD student to receive the prestigious awards. Regina Isidro Campos (CAS’22) and Priya Patel (CAS’22) received the Alice M. Brennan Humanities Award. Yarden Tsfoni (CAS’22) received the Robert E. Yellin Award. Guzin Erin (GRS’21) received an Edwin S. and Ruth […]
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