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Professor Fernando Villanea's Research Featured in Leakey Foundation Article: "The Great Mucus Mystery"New research led by CU Boulder’s Professor Fernando Villanea traces how a key gene for mucus production was passed from Denisovans to Neanderthals
Professor William Taylor's Moose population research featured on Colorado Public Radio.Decades of reintroduction efforts have brought moose back from local extinction to a thriving population of ~3,500 across the state.But in places like Rocky
Professor Carole McGranahan was recently interviewed by Lion's Roar to discuss Tibetan reincarnation practices and the critical future succession of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.For over seventy years, the Dalai Lama has been a spiritual leader for
Cristian Figueroa (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) successfully defended his M.A. Thesis titled "Interpreting Comca'ac Ceramic Figurines as Materialized Non-Binary Identities." Special Thanks to his committee: ProfessorsGerardo Gutiérrez (chair
Cristian Figueroa (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) presented his research,""Non-binary Ceramic Figurines from Pre-colonial Sonora, México," at the 2025-2026 AGSA Brown Bag Series on December 2nd.
Michael Orellana (Biological Anthropology, PhD in progress) has successfully passed his PhD qualifying exams.
Nick Hartman (Biological Anthropology, PhD in progress) has successfully passed his PhD qualifying exams.
Katie Donlan's (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) co-authored article, "25th Anniversary Retrospective: American Ethnologist in the Year 2000," published on AES Online. The piece is a roundup of notable articles from AE 2000 by Emma Kahn, Katie
Cookies were iced, sweaters were judged, and festive fun was had by all! 🍪🎄 A huge thank you to everyone who made our End-of-Year Student Reprieve so memorable.Wishing our amazing community joyful holidays and a sparkling New Year!Here's to making
Gabrielle Perry(Archaeology, PhD in progress) has successfully passed her Phd qualifying exams.