Category: News
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Experiencing CSU Online
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Read More: Experiencing CSU Onlineby Kaeleigh Stengle Following my graduation from Sam Houston State University (SHSU) in Huntsville, TX, I happened to stumble across the Colorado State University Online website while investigating opportunities to further my education. My minor in Forensic Anthropology had ignited a fascination with physical and forensic anthropology and I felt…
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Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology 2015 Field Research
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Read More: Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology 2015 Field Researchby Dr. Jason LaBelle, Hallie Meeker, and Aaron Whittenburg Dr. LaBelle’s Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology (CMPA) had an active summer, conducting archaeological research in a variety of ecosystems in central and northern Colorado. The crew was composed of Department of Anthropology students, Hallie Meeker, Aaron Whittenburg, and Kelton Meyer, alumna…
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Paleontology Field School 2015
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Read More: Paleontology Field School 2015The 2015 Paleontology Field School was extremely successful. This year’s crew set a record for field accessioned fossil specimens (over 500), assisted with quarrying (a first for the field course), and helped to determine the boundaries and potential of one of the most important Colorado State University field localities. The…
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Archaeology Field School 2015
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Read More: Archaeology Field School 2015During the summer 2015 field season, Dr. Mark Mitchell, Research Director of the Paleocultural Research Group, was asked to run the Department of Anthropology Archaeology Field School with the assistance of Chris Johnston and Julia Kenyon, two graduate students working with Dr. Jason LaBelle, Associate Professor of Archaeology in the…
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Dr. Snodgrass editor of new blog series: Bioculturalism
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Read More: Dr. Snodgrass editor of new blog series: BioculturalismDr. Jeffrey Snodgrass, Professor in the Department of Anthropology, is the editor of a new series, Bioculturalism, for the collaborative blog, Somatosphere. “This series aims to get anthropologists and closely-related others talking seriously, and thinking practically, about how to synergize biological and social scientific approaches to human health and well-being, and…
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Dr. Galvin member of Global Climate Change Task Force
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Read More: Dr. Galvin member of Global Climate Change Task ForceThe final report of the American Anthropological Association’s Global Climate Change Task Force concluded that human decisions, actions, and cultural behaviors are now the most important causes of the rapidly changing climate. “We’re not going to solve our environmental problems until we incorporate the social sciences, because it starts with…
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CSU Anthropology Student Research: Early Eocene Primates in Bighorn Basin
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Read More: CSU Anthropology Student Research: Early Eocene Primates in Bighorn BasinLuke Weaver, an anthropology major with a minor in geology, presented his capstone research project, “Lateral and temporal distribution of early Eocene primates in relation to relative paleosol maturity, Willwood Formation, Bighorn Bason, Wyoming,” at the Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists (WAVP) Conference Luke Weaver, an anthropology major with a…
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In support of CSU’s contingent faculty
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Read More: In support of CSU’s contingent facultyFaculty and staff at Colorado State University showed positive support for contingent faculty members on February 25, 2015. Dr. Ann Magennis, a biological anthropologist in the Department of Anthropology, said that she supports her colleagues “because they are not getting the pay, recognition, or job security they deserve.” Dr. Magennis…
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International Workshop on Sustainability held by Dr. Kathleen Galvin
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Read More: International Workshop on Sustainability held by Dr. Kathleen GalvinKathleen Galvin held an international workshop January 28-31, 2015 on Dryland Collaborative Institutions and Innovative Transformations to Sustainability. A group of academics, scholars, managers and practitioners of dryland collaboratives from Mongolia, Kenya and the US met to ‘discover, dream, design and deliver’ research for a Knowledge Network to address natural resource…
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CSU Anthropology Student Publishes an Ethnographic Cookbook
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Read More: CSU Anthropology Student Publishes an Ethnographic CookbookAs part of her senior Honors thesis, Dr. Snodgrass’ Colorado State University Honors Program student, Madison Brandt, has created and self-published an ethnographic cookbook. For this book, Madison cooked with and interviewed the people and chefs of Fort Collins (both professional and non-professional) to document their food, recipes, lives, communities, and…