Tag: Department of Anthropology
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How do people solve global problems?
Developing a vaccine is an example of the way to tackle big issues.
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Ilka McConnell: The Human Side of Economics
Triple Dawg is fighting for economic development in Athens.
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STEMzone introduces Bulldog Nation to research
More than a dozen hands-on opportunities engaged people of all ages.
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12 UGA students, alumni receive Fulbright offers
This is the sixth straight year that UGA has received 10 or more offers.
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Student to intern with National Geographic
Sarah Riggs will work with Nat Geo’s Human Journey Grants team.
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Franklin College faculty member links diet, childhood survival in medieval Italy
For the past five years, UGA’s Laurie Reitsema has been researching how early childhood living…
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Responding to change: Isotope analysis tackles prehistoric adaptation to agrarian lifestyle
The Neolithic Revolution—the shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture that led to permanent settlements,…
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Researcher finds link between diet, surviving childhood in medieval Italy
For the past five years, the University of Georgia’s Laurie Reitsema has been researching how…
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Building on shells: UGA interdisciplinary study starts unraveling mysteries of Calusa kingdom
Centuries before modern countries such as Dubai and China started building islands, native peoples in…
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Jacob Kennedy
Foundation Fellow and senior anthropology major Jacob Kennedy has had the opportunity to study in…
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Baldwin Hall construction project advances with UGA anthropology department support
The University of Georgia is enlisting the assistance of its anthropology department to curate and…
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UGA marks beginning of Baldwin Hall expansion, renovation project
University of Georgia administrators, students and state legislators took shovels to ground today to mark…
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Allison Koch
As a Ramsey Scholar and Foundation Fellow, junior Allison Koch has found the perfect academic…
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UGA anthropology professor appointed to visiting research position in France
University of Georgia professor Ted Gragson has been awarded more than $900,000 as part of…
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UGA’s Reitz named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
University of Georgia zooarchaeology professor Elizabeth J. Reitz has been named to the American Academy…
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UGA awarded $1.4 million to study critical earth zone in Sumter National Forest
Looking back now, it’s easy to see where farmers in the 1800s went wrong. Attempting…
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Victoria Ramenzoni
Victoria Ramenzoni’s academic pursuits have taken her around the world to study and conduct research.…
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UGA study shows current laws don’t prevent Sub-Saharan ‘land grabbing’
Sub-Saharan Africa has foreign investors flocking to buy its fertile land. Sometimes referred to as…
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Junior anthropology major named 2013 Harry S. Truman Scholar
Smitha Ganeshan, an Honors student majoring in anthropology, has received a 2013 Harry S. Truman…
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Two undergraduate students named 2013 Udall Scholars
Two UGA Honors students were among 50 students nationwide who were awarded 2013 Morris K.…
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Smitha Ganeshan
Smitha Ganeshan, a junior Honors student in anthropology and a future doctor, is taking her…
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Lauren Anderson
A UGA geography of human rights class prompted Lauren Anderson to critically consider U.S. foreign…
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Juan Cardoza-Oquendo
Juan Carlos Cardoza-Oquendo may call Decatur, Ga., home, but it’s obvious he takes pride in…
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Eleven current, former students receive travel-study scholarships
Eleven UGA students were named recipients of international travel-study grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student…
