Postdoctoral Training Opportunity - Tropical Archaeobotany
April 28, 2022
2020
April
Amanda Logan named 2022 Carnegie Fellow
April 26, 2022 – from Northwestern Now
Amanda Logan researches the history of food security in Africa
Sera Young wins a National Scientific Achievement Award from the American Society for Nutrition Foundation
April 21, 2022 – from Weinberg College News Center
Thom McDade elected to the National Academy of Sciences
April 26, 2021 – from National Academy of Sciences
Thom McDade elected to the the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
April 23, 2021 – from American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Thom McDade: Study: Single COVID Vaccine Dose Insufficient for Individuals Who Had Mild Cases of Virus
April 20, 2021 – from NBC 5 Chicago
March
Adia Benton: I Argued With Paul Farmer Until the Day He Died. We’re Worse Off Without Him.
March 11, 2022 – from Slate
I still can’t believe my friend is gone.
Mary Weismantel: “Playing with Things: Engaging the Moche Sex Pots” awarded the 2022 ALAA-Arvey Foundation Book Award for the best book in Latin American Art History
March 10, 2022 – from Weinberg College News Center
February
Katie Amato: Why Do We Like Sour Food?
February 9, 2022 – from The Atlantic
Robert Launay's article, “Savagery in 18th-Century Scotland: An Intellectual Portrait of Adam Ferguson” has been published in BEROSE International Encyclopaedia of the Histories of Anthropology, Paris
February 2, 2021 – from BEROSE International Encyclopaedia of the Histories of Anthropology
In Memorium: Micki Iris
February 26, 2020
Erin B. Waxenbaum - Board Certified Forensic Anthropologist
February 26, 2020
Emrah Yıldız has been named Crown Junior Chair in Middle East Studies
February 20, 2020
Sera Young presents "A Simple Indicator of Global Household Water Experiences" to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
February 20, 2020 – from Northwestern Now
Feb 17,2020
Congratulations to Fulbright Scholar, Kyle Craig
February 17, 2020 – from Northwestern Now
December
Thom McDade on WGN: COVID-19 shots can boost long-term cellular immunity, as well as antibodies
December 10, 2021 – from WGNTV.com
New Book from Amanda Logan: The Scarcity Slot: Excavating Histories of Food Security in Ghana
December 11, 2020
November
Statement on Hate incident on campus
November 8, 2021
New Podcast from Noelle Sullivan: Receiving and Providing Care Abroad
November 5, 2020 – from Rawtalkpodcast.com
October
Faculty Search: Assistant Professor of Native American and/or Indigenous Anthropology
October 14, 2021
Jessica Winegar: Rise in Pandemic Divorce Sounds Alarm to Address Gender Inequities at Home
October 12, 2021 – from Ms. Magazine
A hidden casualty of the pandemic: U.S. marriages. Mine was one of them
Geography Prof. John Hudson celebrates 50 years at NU
October 6, 2021 – from The Daily Northwestern
October 6, 2021
Anthropology Faculty Statement on Racism at Northwestern
October 23, 2020
10-22-2020
Anthropologists Katherine Amato and Thomas McDade receive grants for COVID-19-related health projects
October 22, 2020 – from Anthropologists Katherine Amato and Thomas McDade receive grants for COVID-19-related health projects
Amanda Logan: Africa manages Covid-19; why can’t it manage food security
October 15, 2020 – from The Africa Report.com
Thom McDade: Researchers surprised: 20% of Chicagoans in blood-test study came up positive for coronavirus antibodies
October 9, 2020 – from Chicago Tribune
September
Two NU Anthropology PhDs have featured articles in the theme section on “Care” in the June 2021 issue of Anthropology News
September 14, 2021
Thom McDade: Study on COVID-19 antibodies underscores the importance of receiving the second vaccine dose
September 10, 2021 – from Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Emrah Yıldız: Of Nuclear Rials and Golden Shoes: Scaling Commodities and Currencies across Sanctions on Iran
September 9, 2021 – from International Journal of Middle East Studies
August
Shalini Shankar: A Packed Schedule Doesn’t Really ‘Enrich’ Your Child
August 19, 2021 – from New York Times
July 9, 2021
Profs. Cynthia Robin and Katie Amato are awarded this year's Faculty Mentorship Award by the Anthropology Graduate Student Association
August 2, 2021
Terry Horton has received an award from Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities Seed Grant Program for her project, “Gardening for Recovery & Optimal Wellbeing (GROW): A Feasibility Study of PhotoVoice as a Therapeutic Tool.”
August 2, 2021 – from Feinberg School of Medicine
BYUradio’s Top of Mind. Dr. Shankar shares insights from her book, "Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal about Generation Z’s New Path to Success."
August 2, 2021 – from byuradio.org
June
Anthropology 2021 Newsletter
June 25, 2021
Mark Hauser: Enslavement and the Environment A case study: eighteenth-century Dominica
June 7, 2021 – from Natural History Magazine
The Department of Anthropology notes the passing of Malcolm Dow, Professor Emeritus
June 24, 2020 – from Chicago Tribune
Thom McDade: Antibody testing research receives NSF RAPID grant
June 22, 2020 – from Northwestern Now
Professor Jessica Winegar named Director of the Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
June 17, 2020 – from Weinberg College News Bulletin - June 2020
Rebecca Seligman has been named to the ASG 2019-2020 Faculty and Admin Honor Roll
June 17, 2020 – from ASG
May
Adia Benton has been been named a Kaplan Faculty Fellow for 2021-22
May 26, 2021 – from ALICE KAPLAN INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES
Shalini Shankar: How do you spell 'inequality' at the Bee?
May 29, 2020 – from CNN.com
Thom McDade: Northwestern team develops new antibody test for COVID-19 Minimally invasive approach requires single drop of blood
May 6, 2020 – from Northwestern Now