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Beth Grávalos Awarded Field Museum Fellowship
Congratulations to Beth for being awarded a one-year Women in Sciences Graduate Fellowship at the Field Museum. Nice job Beth !
Ashley Vance Awarded the 2019 Historically Underrepresented Groups Scholarship
We are proud to announce that Ashley Vance has been awarded the 2019 Society for American Archaeology Historically Underrepresented Groups Scholarship for Archaeological Training. Ms. Vance will be using the scholarship to attend…
Dr. Brian Bauer and Team Awarded One of 14 "Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the Arts and the Humanities" Grants
Our very own Brian Bauer and his award winning team of humanities scholars at the Krannert Museum are one of winning teams of UIC’s inaugural Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the…
Congratulations to Aldo Foe: Recipient of the CAORC Predoctoral Research Fellowship
The anthropology department is proud to announce that Aldo Foe has been awarded a Predoctoral Research Fellowship from the Council for American Overseas Research Center. This fellowship will provide Aldo with the resources…
Wenpeng Xu and Collaborators Featured in Local and National News!
CNN.com, NOVA Now, and The Daily Mail are among the media outlets to report on research from UIC anthropology graduate student Wenpeng Xu and his Field Museum collaborators Lisa Niziolek and Gary Feinman.…
Katy Dye Receives the Wenner-Gren Award
The Department of Anthropology is happy to announce that Katy Dye has been awarded the Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant for her work in Bolivia! With this grant, Katy will be in the field…
Migs Canilao Featured in UIC Today
Our very own Migs Canilao was featured in the December 4, 2018, UIC Today article. He was one of six inspiring young graduates who are moving on to great adventures after their December…
Anthropology Brings Home FIVE Provost Graduate Research Awards
Once again, the anthropology department has shown the strength of our graduate research! Congratulations to our winners: Aldo W. Foe “Nagara and the Masjid: Mosque Construction and the Political Economy of Islamization in…
NSF Awarded to David Reid
The anthropology department is proud to announce that David Reid has been awarded a NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant for his project, “Roads, Caravans, and Waystations: The Role of Infrastructure in Wari State Expansion (Arequipa,…
Dr. Marisa Fontana ('07) Receives Teaching Award
Marisa Fontana, half-time Assistant Professor of Sociology, has been recognized as the recipient of North Central’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Half-Time Faculty due to her commitment to creating engaged learning for students. Dr.…