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Burdens of Paradise Features Professor Amanda Thompson

October 13, 2022

October 13, 2022 Anthropology professor and department chair, Dr. Amanda Thompson, is featured in a UNC Research article regarding her work in the Galapagos Islands. To read the full article, click here.

Galápagos: A Gateway for Global Research

February 16, 2022

February 16, 2022 For more than 10 years, the UNC Center for Galápagos Studies has been a hub of collaborative research activity spanning many disciplines, with the potential to impact the globe. Diego Riveros-Iregui and Amanda Thompson, the center’s new … Read more

Anthropology Grad Students receive Community Engagement Fellowships

April 1, 2020

April 1, 2020 Congratulations to Anthropology graduate students Maja Jeranko and Rachel Wilbur for recently receiving the community engagement fellowships! Maja Jeranko received a fellowship for her project, “Building Equitable Futures: A Photovoice Study of Gender in Post-Earthquake Coastal Ecuador,” which she will complete … Read more

Human Biology Association Awards

April 26, 2018

April 26, 2018 Caroline Owens received the Spielvogel Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student Presentation or Poster and Isa Godinez who received the Edward E. Hunt, Jr. Award for Outstanding Graduate Presentation or Poster. Effects of psychosocial stress and BMI on c-reactive protein in a … Read more

Faculty Members Awarded URC Grants

May 4, 2015

We congratulate the following faculty members who have been awarded grants by the University Research Council to continue their work! Publication grant for his new book —Rasta: The Evolution of a People and Their Identity. Research grant for her project —Exploring the Impacts … Read more