Opportunity beckons Geography student to London School of Economics Joshua Zaffos Additional content by Becca Lee-Simpson Justin Smith was touring London during a post-high-school gap year when he stumbled upon his future. After wandering the famed West End District, Smith found himself gazing at the iconic arch-framed entrance of the Old Building of the London […]
Colorado State University Geography Professor David Bunn and his research group have won a $750,000 award from NASA to develop an “ecological forecasting” system for South Africa’s Kruger National Park and the surrounding region.
Last fall, Professor Kate Browne charged undergraduate students in Public Anthropology and Global Environmental Challenges (ANTH 405) to explore worldwide social and environmental issues and dilemmas. Students in the class created a podcast series and brought public anthropology to airwaves and earbuds.
Bunn and Team Win NASA Grant to Forecast Conservation Land-Use Futures in South Africa Joshua Zaffos Colorado State University Geography Professor David Bunn and his research group have won a $750,000 award from NASA to develop an “ecological forecasting” system for South Africa’s Kruger National Park and the surrounding region. The proposal will enable scientists to better […]
Public Anthropology students offer “Takes from the Anthropocene” on podcast series Joshua Zaffos Climate change, ocean pollution, freshwater scarcity. Healthcare inequity, Indigenous rights, structural violence. Such looming global matters often feel overwhelming to individuals and communities – and they are typically topics we choose to avoid in casual conversations. Professor of Cultural Anthropology Kate Browne […]
Postdoctoral fellow Jay Ke-Schutte will share their research and personal experience with navigating the “Angloscene” in Afro-Chinese relations in a colloquium on March 31 at 11:30 a.m.
Ke-Schutte navigates the “Angloscene” in Afro-Chinese relations in March 31 lecture Joshua Zaffos Dr. Jay Ke-Schutte was studying and teaching in Beijing, China, when a Nigerian classmate opened their eyes to an interesting paradox. The colleague was one day surprised to see a yellow school bus – common in the U.S. and American media but less so […]
In a 2021 monthly series, we share stories that reflect our curiosity, ability to adapt, engagement with the community, and research and creative expertise. This month, we are focusing on our adaptability and determination.
Showcase Success for Anthropology Graduate Students Joshua Zaffos Anthropology and Geography graduate students garnered accolades and awards at the 2020 Graduate Student Showcase at Colorado State University. Doctoral students Mary Shirley Mitchell and Ray Sumner each won awards for outstanding research and presentations during the virtual showcase in November. Mitchell’s poster and presentation, titled “Hips, […]
As seen in the College of Liberal Arts Magazine | Winter 2020/ Spring 2021 Mapping People and the Environment Joshua Zaffos As the COVID-19 pandemic began unfolding in the United States last February, Zoe Schutte and other geography students at Colorado State University found themselves taking a different sort of Coronavirus test. “We completed a disease mapping assignment […]
