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Researchers challenge beliefs about the hunting habits, fire use of ‘hobbits’
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The research, led by CSU and Germany’s University of Tübingen, offers new insights into how Homo floresiensis survived in part due to an unlikely ally, the Komodo dragon.
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Bringing the Liberal Arts to Management Consulting
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Read More: Bringing the Liberal Arts to Management ConsultingSmith’s double major in geography and economics helped him get accepted to the London School of Economics, a leading program in the world. He’s now a consultant at KPMG.
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From myth maps to the metaverse: Geography Professor Merrill Johnson retires
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Read More: From myth maps to the metaverse: Geography Professor Merrill Johnson retiresAfter 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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From Myth Maps to the Metaverse: Geography Professor Merrill Johnson Retires
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Read More: From Myth Maps to the Metaverse: Geography Professor Merrill Johnson RetiresFrom Myth Maps to the Metaverse: Geography Professor Merrill Johnson Retires December 2024 By Josh Zaffos After an exceptional forty-year-plus career of service and leadership in higher education, Colorado State University Professor of Geography Merrill Johnson is retiring. Johnson, a professor and administrator at CSU since 2015, has been among…
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The Art of Research: Kathleen Galvin
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Read More: The Art of Research: Kathleen GalvinCSU University Distinguished Professor and anthropologist Kathleen Galvin talks about how her time living among nomadic African communities forever changed her view of people and the world.
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Sebastian Schipman: Piecing It Together
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Read More: Sebastian Schipman: Piecing It TogetherPiecing It Together Sebastian Schipman: BLM Collections Technician Intern By Joshua Zaffos Sebastian Schipman (ANTH: Archaeology BA ’23) completed an internship with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management during his final semester as an undergraduate. As an intern, Schipman worked to rehouse collections from a 1979 survey project in northwestern…
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What can the discovery of two medieval Silk Road cities teach us about urbanism today?
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Read More: What can the discovery of two medieval Silk Road cities teach us about urbanism today?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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Emily Wilson Named Honors Professor of the Year
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Read More: Emily Wilson Named Honors Professor of the YearEmily Wilson Named Honors Professor of the Year October 2024 By Josh Zaffos Emily Wilson, Ph.D., Anthropology Senior Instructor, has been named CSU Honors Professor of the Year for the 2024-25 academic year. As part of the recognition, Wilson will give the Honors Professor Lecture on Monday, November 4, 7-8…
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Michael Brydge (ANTH MA 2012, ANTH BA 2010)
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Read More: Michael Brydge (ANTH MA 2012, ANTH BA 2010)Anthropology M.A., 2012 Anthropology B.A., Ethnic Studies minor, 2010 When Michael Brydge arrived at Colorado State University in 2007, he decided he wasn’t going to turn down any opportunities that came his way. A non-traditional student who grew up in a small town in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Brydge took…
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Jerry Hoover, Chief of Police (Ret.) (ANTH MA, 1988)
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Read More: Jerry Hoover, Chief of Police (Ret.) (ANTH MA, 1988)Anthropology M.A., Biological concentration (Forensic Anthropology) 1988 If you were asked to name least likely professions to pursue with an anthropology education, police work might make your list. Jerry Hoover, retired Chief of Police at the Reno Police Department in Nevada, would like to have a word about that. Hoover…
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Chair’s Note, Fall 2024: A Look Towards the Future
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Read More: Chair’s Note, Fall 2024: A Look Towards the FutureWelcoming New Department Chair Michael Pante A Look Towards the Future Michael Pante, Ph.D., is the new chair of the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University, beginning Summer 2024. A faculty member since 2013, Pante is a paleoanthropologist and biological anthropologist who directs the department’s 3D Imaging…