UO Department of Anthropology

Oregon Archaeology book wins Oregon Heritage Excellence Award

jjosh — Sun, 12 May 2013 03:29:21 +0000

“Oregon Archaeology,” by archaeologists C. Melvin Aikens, Thomas Connolly and Dennis Jenkins, earned a 2013 Oregon Heritage Excellence Award from the Oregon Heritage Commission. The award recognizes the book as a definitive text on Oregon’s human history and as an outstanding contribution to the field of archaeology in the state. Congratulations to Mel, Tom, and Dennis! For more information, see: http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2013/5/book-three-university-oregon-archaeologists-lands-state-award

Latino Family Health Project funded by NIH

jjosh — Sun, 12 May 2013 03:27:21 +0000

The Latino Family Health Project has been funded by an NIH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities R24 grant (“Developing a Community Empowered Intervention to Promote Latino Family Health”). The principal investigators are Charles Martinez (UO College of Education) and Roberto Jimenez (Farmworker Housing Development Corporation), and Heather McClure, Lynn Stephen, and Josh Snodgrass are co-investigators. The award is for ~$960,000 over 3 years.

Theresa Gildner receives Global Oregon grant and McFee Prize

jjosh — Sun, 12 May 2013 03:25:51 +0000

Congratulations to Theresa Gildner who received a $1000 summer research award from UO’s Global Oregon Initiative. The award will support Theresa’s research in Ecuador as part of the Shuar Health and Life History Project. Also, Theresa was awarded the McFee Prize for her paper, “Effect of sleep quality and duration on cognitive function among older adults from five middle income countries: Results from the Study on global AGEing and adult health.” The award carries a cash prize of $500. Theresa will be presenting on this research in our colloquium series later this spring.

Klaree Boose receives Nacey Fellowship

jjosh — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:29:27 +0000

Graduate Student Klaree Boose has received funding from the James F. Nacey Fellowship for her project entitled “What are the primary social factors that contribute to differences in mean cortisol and testosterone in bonobos?” Congratulations!

UO Anthropology Alum Gwen Robbins Schug in National Geographic

jjosh — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:13:38 +0000

Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug, a biological anthropologist who received her PhD from UO, has her work featured in National Geographic. Check it out: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130425-indus-civilization-discoveries-harappa-archaeology-science/

Anthropology graduate students to participate in Graduate Research Forum

jjosh — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:06:21 +0000

Several of our graduate students will be presenting their research at UO’s 4th Annual Graduate Student Research Forum (“Research for Tomorrow”), which will take place on Thursday, May 9 at the EMU. The participants include Jonathan Turbin, Andrea Eller, Theresa Gildner, Joseph Henry, Ivan Sandoval-Cervantes, and Rupa Pillai. Click here for more info.

Sterner publishes in American Journal of Human Biology on developmentally regulated brain-expressed genes in the human cerebral cortex

jjosh — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:26:07 +0000

Kirstin Sterner and colleagues have a new paper out in the current issue of AJHB that examines developmentally regulated brain-expressed genes in the human cerebral cortex. This is related to their publications in PLoS One (‘transcriptional plasticity’) and Cerebral Cortex (lncRNA expression). Click here for the link to the article.

Ting publishes on Old World monkeys in Handbook of Mammals of the World

jjosh — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:23:16 +0000

Nelson Ting co-authored a chapter on Old World monkeys in the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (Volume 3, Primates), now available through Lynx Edicions. Here’s the link to the book: http://www.lynxeds.com/hmw/handbook-mammals-world-volume-3

Mu-Lung Hsu receives Southeast Asian Studies Award

jjosh — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:11:35 +0000

Mu-Lung Hsu has received a Southeast Asian Studies Award ($2,500) from the Graduate School to support his field research in Myanmar/Burma during summer 2013. Congratulations Mu-Lung!

Erlandson selected as AAAS Fellow

jjosh — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:28:28 +0000

Prof. Jon Erlandson has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences; this is great honor for Prof. Erlandson and the department. Read about the details here: http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2013/4/uos-jon-erlandson-elected-american-academy-arts-and-sciences. Congratulations Jon!