Category: News
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Jason LaBelle Receives Award for Historic Preservation
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Read More: Jason LaBelle Receives Award for Historic PreservationColorado State University Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology (CMPA), Dr. Jason LaBelle has been designated a recipient of the Stephen H. Hart Award for Historic Preservation. Named after the state’s first historic preservation officer, Stephen H. Hart, this award has honored…
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Alumna, Jessica Jackson, accepts position at United Way of Larimer County
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Read More: Alumna, Jessica Jackson, accepts position at United Way of Larimer CountyJessica Jackson, a 2011 graduate, recently accepted a position as the Professional Volunteer Programs Coordinator at United Way of Larimer County. Jessica is managing a number of programs for UWLC which include the Business Cares program, Volunteer Project Leaders program, Board Bank, as well as assisting with a number of…
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April Biasiolli accepted fellowship with CIDRZ
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Read More: April Biasiolli accepted fellowship with CIDRZApril Biasiolli, a 2011 master’s graduate, recently moved to Lusaka, the capitol of the southern African nation of Zambia, to accept a fellowship with the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ). Funded by USAID, the National Institutes for Health, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, CIDRZ is an NGO…
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Hard work pays off for one of our students
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Read More: Hard work pays off for one of our studentsChris Counts is a double major in anthropology and biomedical sciences at Colorado State University. Not only has he excelled in academics, maintaining a 4.0 GPA, but his extracurricular calendar leaves little room for improvement. It is due to these outstanding achievements, both in and out of the classroom that…
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Mini-Film festival sells the house!
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Read More: Mini-Film festival sells the house!Saturday night marked a great success for Dr. Jason LaBelle and colleague Dr. Pete Seel. They debuted their documentary film, Stone and Steel at the Top of the World about the ancient hunters of the Colorado high country, the Moffat Road railway, and the amazing history that is Rollins Pass. People…
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Our alumni on the Air
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Read More: Our alumni on the AirAlumna, Susan Harness, was interviewed recently for her work and research on American Indian transracial adoption. Her interview aired on Montana Public Radio on their program In Other Words. Her research, which looks at American Indian transracial adoption and its intersection with race, history and class, will be discussed in detail…
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Accomplished alum, Francois Dengah, announced as award winner
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Read More: Accomplished alum, Francois Dengah, announced as award winnerCSU masters graduate, Francois Dengah, was recently honored as a recipient of the Richard A. Krause Award. This honor is in recognition of “outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research, and service by a graduate student.” Dengah is pictured at left in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, while conducting field work. A current doctoral student…
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The Paleo Diet Uncovered
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Read More: The Paleo Diet UncoveredAs appearing in Men’s Health | September 12, 2012 Should You Go Paleo? by Lou Schuler The skull of Bison antiquus in Mark Mullins’s living room looks like something Conan the Barbarian might wear to make a fashion statement. To picture this extinct animal, imagine an American bison—2,000 pounds of…
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Gregory, with Purple Crayon in Hand: Graduated Latitudes Across Twenty Years of Northerly Spaces
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Read More: Gregory, with Purple Crayon in Hand: Graduated Latitudes Across Twenty Years of Northerly SpacesGregory Pierce, who graduated with a MA from the Department of Anthropology in 2012, has been awarded one of two available PhD positions in the Division of Human Ecology at Lund University in Sweden. The top ranked candidate from an international pool of 58 applicants, Gregory will be funded by…
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Anthropology Degrees in Writing and In Action
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Read More: Anthropology Degrees in Writing and In Action2010 Alumna, Maureen McNamara, was recently published in the Society for Applied Anthropology News. During her time in the Department of Anthropology, McNamara’s research was focused on the economic viability of food movement in local Colorado communities. In her article on page 43, Applying Anthropology to the Working World: Good News…