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November 05, 2014
Pull Up a Chair
The College’s four newest departmental leaders discuss their jobs, our campus culture, and the opportunities they see at UAB.
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September 11, 2014
Community Town Hall on Police, Minority Relations
In light of the events in Ferguson, Missouri, community and police leaders as well as University of Alabama at Birmingham experts will participate in a discussion on police and minority relations in Birmingham.
Douglas P. Fry, recently named the UAB Department of Anthropology chair, says he was interested in UAB's planned Institute for Human Rights, which was approved by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees during its June 13 meeting.
June 04, 2014
UAB Professor Named a Top NerdScholar
Sarah Parcak, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology, has been named to NerdScholar’s inaugural class of “40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire.” NerdScholar celebrates professors who are cultivating passion in their students and inspiring them to be the world leaders and humanitarians of tomorrow.
May 08, 2014
UAB Names New Chair of Anthropology
Doug Fry, PhD, has been named chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Anthropology. He comes to UAB from Åbo Akademi University in Vasa, Finland, where he was the Director of the Peace, Mediation, and Conflict Research joint master’s program.
May 01, 2014
Clinton Scholars Study in the Middle East
UAB Honors Program student Yoonhee Ryder is one of 10 students chosen from the U.S. by the Clinton Presidential Foundation to “expand their educational and cultural horizons by studying in the Arab world.”
Congratulations to these highly accomplished, hardworking, and talented individuals in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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A collaborative effort among UAB faculty has produced the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary and international reference work on all aspects of the social scientific study of health and illness.
March 12, 2014
UAB Study Aims High-tech Mapping at Violence in Mexico
Chris Kyle, Ph.D., a University of Alabama at Birmingham associate professor of anthropology has been awarded a $40,000 research grant from The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. The foundation sponsors scholarly research on problems of violence, aggression and dominance.
November 18, 2013
Creating a Culture of Peace
Sharyn Jones, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology, recently returned from a three-week sojourn to India with 11 UAB students; the trip was the first study-away opportunity offered as part of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences' new minor: Peace, Justice, and Ecology (PJE).
November 01, 2013
Snapshots from Space Could Improve the Picture of Global Public Health
August 21, 2013
Parcak Named a National Geographic Fellow
Sarah Parcak, Ph.D., an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), has been named a National Geographic Fellow.
July 31, 2012
Tracking Drug Violence in Guerrero, Mexico
March 27, 2012
Jemison Visiting Professorship is Just Around the Corner!
March 27, 2012
Scholarship Awardees, Celebrate!
February 07, 2012
Boys Scouts Learn about Native American Culture
On Thursday January 19, 2012, Anthro-TEACH gave a presentation about Native American culture for Boy Scout Pack 397 of Homewood, AL at the Trinity United Methodist Church. The student presenters were Christel Carlisle, Jade Delisle, Alea Rouse. The overall presentation showed the children how Native Americans utilized their natural environment. They covered the topics of lithics (stone tools) and music and dance.
February 01, 2012
APT and UAB go to Fiji
UAB Anthropology went to the Fiji Islands and Alabama Public television was there to see it.
September 27, 2011
Digging for the Truth
Sarah Parcak says debunking myths can be crucial to educating students about archaeology.
The ancient Maya have been busted. So have King Tut and the entire population of Atlantis. For that you can thank students in a UAB “Mythbusters” honors seminar led by archaeologist Sarah Parcak, Ph.D. Last fall, they went hunting for the facts behind popular archaeological myths, debunking everything from cursed Egyptian tombs to cities lost beneath the sea.
The ancient Maya have been busted. So have King Tut and the entire population of Atlantis. For that you can thank students in a UAB “Mythbusters” honors seminar led by archaeologist Sarah Parcak, Ph.D. Last fall, they went hunting for the facts behind popular archaeological myths, debunking everything from cursed Egyptian tombs to cities lost beneath the sea.
September 26, 2011
UAB Students Join Search for Slave Quarter Remains
Thirteen University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) anthropology students are participating in an excavation at Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park this month as part of a course on the history, archaeology and culture of slavery.
