Insights Speaker Series: Elevating award-winning work
As part of the Insights Speaker Series, four award-winning CLA faculty talk everything from Korean media to the power of community.
Jessica Ericson (ANTH BA 2014)
Anthropology BA, Archaeology concentration 2014 As someone working in the field of public anthropology, Jessica Ericson frequently attends archaeology and anthropology conferences and finds herself serving as an ambassador for CSU Anthropology and Geography. “I always brag about CSU because [department alumni] have such a presence at a lot of the archaeology conferences.” Jessica doesn’t […]
Luke Weaver (ANTH BA 2015)
Anthropology BA, Biological Anthropology concentration 2015 As a self-proclaimed “overconfident 20-year-old undergraduate with no real direction,” Luke Weaver recalls signing up for the very first CSU Paleontology Field School in 2013, led by Associate Teaching Professor Kim Nichols and Dr. Tom Bown, “intrigued by the idea of camping in the badlands of Wyoming and playing […]
Zoe Schutte (ANTH BA, GR BS 2021)
Anthropology BA, Cultural Anthropology concentration Geography BS, 2021 Among students whose CSU experiences were interrupted by COVID, Zoe Schutte also found a calling amid the pandemic. A dual major in both Anthropology and Geography, Schutte developed an interest in public health planning and urban development rooted around her experiences with the 2019 CSU Ethnographic Field […]
Mercury rising: How does gold mining in Ghana impact health, environment?
CSU Associate Professor of Geography Heidi Hausermann and colleagues have won a $1.537 million National Science Foundation grant to study the health, social and environmental effects of rapidly expanding, small-scale gold mining and mercury pollution in Ghana and beyond.
Bone reveals possible cannibalism among ancient relatives of humans
The analytical method behind this discovery was created by CSU paleoanthropologist Michael Pante, who studies feeding behavior of early humans.
CSU team launches online tool to help prepare for, adapt to climate changes in African forests
In June, a NASA-funded team of Colorado State University researchers traveled to Kenya to unveil a new interactive, online tool to help land managers and foresters working in Kenyan and African forests.
Hausermann and Team Win NSF Grant To Study Gold Mining in Ghana
Hausermann and Team Win NSF Grant To Study Gold Mining in Ghana September 1, 2023 Josh Zaffos Associate Professor of Geography Heidi Hausermann and colleagues have won a $1.537 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the health, social, and environmental effects of rapidly expanding, small-scale gold mining and mercury pollution in Ghana and […]
CSU Team Launches Online Support Tool for African Forests
CSU Team Launches Online Support Tool for African Forests August 28, 2023 Joshua Zaffos This June, a NASA-funded team of CSU researchers, including University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and CSU Africa Center Director Kathleen Galvin, traveled to Kenya to unveil a new interactive, online tool to help land managers and foresters working in Kenyan and […]
Release the lichen! CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer shows the power of lichen for dating archaeological sites
Release the lichen! CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer shows the power of lichen for dating archaeological sites in new study August 7, 2023 Joshua Zaffos CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer is enlisting some tiny organisms in the grand challenge of dating hunting sites in the Southern Rocky Mountains. In a new, open-access article in the […]