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College of Liberal Arts award winners for 2025

Celebrate CLA! faculty and staff recognized for outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and service in 2025

April 29, 2025 Author -SOURCE Contributor

The College of Liberal Arts acknowledges the accomplishments and efforts of the outstanding faculty and staff for 2025.

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A close up view of cut marks on a fossilized bone.

New evidence suggests early human ancestors were present in Europe 200,000 years earlier than previously thought

January 31, 2025 Author -Stacy Nick

CSU paleoanthropologist Michael Pante was part of the team that uncovered evidence suggesting that early human ancestors were present in Europe 1.95 million years ago.

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Geography Professor Merrill Johnson

From myth maps to the metaverse: Geography Professor Merrill Johnson retires

December 18, 2024 Author - Josh Zaffos

After an exceptional forty-plus-year career of service and leadership in higher education, CSU Professor of Geography Merrill Johnson is retiring.

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A map view of a lidar scan showing a large area in the mountains of Uzbekistan where the city of Tugunbulak was.

What can the discovery of two medieval Silk Road cities teach us about urbanism today?

November 6, 2024 Author -Stacy Nick

Cutting-edge drone-based lidar allowed archaeologists to capture stunning details of two newly documented trade cities high in the mountains of Uzbekistan.

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Head and shoulders photo of a woman in a blue shirt and a black jacket.

Kjerstin Thorson named dean of CSU’s College of Liberal Arts

June 12, 2024 Author -Stacy Nick

Thorson previously served as the associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Communication Arts & Sciences at Michigan State University.

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Ben Withers

CSU College of Liberal Arts Dean Ben Withers leaves large impact

February 9, 2024 Author - Beth Etter

After eight years at CSU, the College of Liberal Arts dean heads to Iowa State University as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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A fresco depicting the sale of bread in ancient Rome.

More flamingo, anyone? How to dine like the ancient Romans

February 6, 2024 Author -Stacy Nick

Food has always been the great unifier. We gather around the table and work things out by breaking bread. For students in Colorado State University archaeology/anthropology instructor Emily Wilson’s class, food is teaching them a lot about what has – and hasn’t – changed in the past 2,700 years.

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Image of 3D scan that shows cut marks on grid

Were early humans cannibals? CSU paleoanthropologist talks about new findings regarding the oldest taboo

June 29, 2023 Author -Stacy Nick

Colorado State University paleoanthropologist Michael Pante talks about this important discovery, what it means for future fossil research, and what was it that led our early ancestors to eat each other.

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Image of three bones vertically labeled a, b, c and showing different cut marks at close view

A case of cannibalism? Smithsonian, CSU researchers uncover how humans’ relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago

June 26, 2023 Author -Stacy Nick and Josh Zaffos

The research is the first application of the 3D quantitative method — developed and published by CSU professor Michael Pante in 2017 — to a fossil specimen.

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Bison bone fragments

Just what is in the Clark A basement?

May 2, 2023 Author - Josh Zaffos

The subterranean floor of Clark holds jaw-dropping collections of artifacts – along with actual jaws of bison and other fauna – within the CSU Archaeological Repository and other labs and research spaces of the Department of Anthropology and Geography.

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