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Whose work is it?
Recently, Dr. Hector Fouce,, visiting scholar and professor of Communications and Popular Music at Compultense University in Madrid, Spain, presented on a paper which discussed the blurred lines of a traditional children's song from Southern Spain which has made its way into popular culture: the blurred origins of Macarena, a "borrowed" tune. Read more
Summer travels, teaching and research
Stephen Leisz, Assistant Professor of Geography, is traveling to Singapore, Jakarta, and Vietnam this summer. As part of his travels he will meet with colleagues at the National University of Singapore to explore new project possibilities focusing on livelihood transitions in Southeast Asia. Read more
Capstone Award Winners Announced!!
Congratulations to Kimberlyn Roland for best integration of the subfields, Erin Hatlestad for best overall presentation and to Debra McCarthy for best use of primary data! For a complete list of all capstone presentations, please click here. As usual, we we impressed with the amazing work that went into these projects. Great job to all our graduating seniors!!
Tell us what you think!
The College of Liberal Arts is asking that you complete a final task before you leave CSU: the College of Liberal Arts Graduation Survey. Please take a minute to visit www.studentvoice.com and tell us what you think. Enter the username: wrose and password: wrose and then click on the Baseline tab to select the CLA Graduation Survey. Stop by B232 for a free static anthropology sticker once you've filled it out!
Check out this awesome video from the intertribal powwow!
Thanks to one of our students, Micaela Villa, for capturing these amazing dancers at last week's intertribal powwow. Watch now!
NEW CLASS FOR FALL!
Still looking to fill your upper division Archaeology requirements for Fall 2012? Check out ANTH 492A: Introduction to Historical Archaeology. Space is limited and registration is filling up quickly - don't miss out!
Student News
Alice Hamilton scholarships awarded to five masters candidates
Congratulations are in order for Suzanne Brant, Richard Burnette, Sarah Herrera, Christopher Johnston and Rebecca Simon. The Alice Hamilton Scholarships are awarded to archaeology students with a focus in Colorado, Southwestern or Rocky Mountain archaeology. Students must be enrolled at least half-time , received recommendation from top archaeological educators and be enriching the field of archaeology with their work. Congratulations to this year's recipients!
For the full list, click here.
Alumni News
Listen to this amazing podcast, the Land of Gazillion Adoptees, by our alumnus, Susan Harness. Harness is also the author of Mixing Cultural Identities through Transracial Adoption: Outcomes of the Indian Adoption Project.
Check out our Alumni Publications page! If you have a publication you'd like us to include, let us know!
EVENTS & LECTURES
HOMECOMING WEEKEND! October 5-6
October 5: Anthropology Connections Lecture and Welcome Reception
October 6: Graduate Research Presentations and breakfast at Primrose Studio
Anthropology Movie night! Stay tuned for details.
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Archaeology News
Capstone Award: Best in Archaeology
This year's Capstone Award for the best presentation in Archaeology goes to Tia Cody who presented on Ruins in Writing.
Congratulations, Tia! We enjoyed your presentation and wish you well in your future endeavors!
Biological Anthropology News
Obstetric Dilemma wins Capstone
Emma Wood's presentation: An Evaluation of the Neandertal birth process with a consideration of the modern human obstetric dilemma won best presentation in Biological Anthropology at this year's Capstone. Great work, Emma, and fascinating presentation!
Cultural Anthropology News
Alcoholism and Social Class
Thomas Vallejos discussed his research: Native American Social Class and Alcoholism on the Reservations at the Capstone presentations last week and earned best presentation in Cultural Anthropology for his thoughtful analysis. Congrats, Thomas!
Geography News
Hosting guests from around the globe
Assistant Professor, Stephen Leisz, received a grant to host four visiting scholars from Hanoi University of Agriculture in Vietnam at CSU from May 16 to 30. While on campus, our guests will be participating in a training focused on exploring the recent advances in how GIS and remote sensing tools are used analyze land use/cover changes, socio-economic development, and environmental modeling. The lecturers will be based in the Geospatial Lab and also visit other scholars around campus.
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