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Dr. Sarah Parcak, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, launches GlobalXplorer, a project funded by her $1 million 2016 TED Prize.
GlobalXplorer is a citizen science archaeology platform that's "Indiana Jones meets Google Earth." The platform was created in collaboration with the National Geographic Society and DigitalGlobe.
December 12, 2016
Parcak named to 100 Global Thinkers list by Foreign Policy Magazine
Sarah Parcak, Ph.D., has been named to the list for her innovations in the area of satellite archaeology.
November 09, 2016
Parcak to Receive Smithsonian’s 2016 American Ingenuity Award
The American Ingenuity Award is the highest honor given by Smithsonian Magazine to recognize innovation in American culture.
October 07, 2016
Department of Anthropology Announces New Peace and Human Rights Master's Degree Program
The new program, only the second of its kind in anthropology in the US, focuses on peace as behavioral process at multiple levels including at the level of individuals, families, groups, communities, cultures and nations.
Parcak will enlist the help of citizens from around the world to search for hidden civilizations through an online platform called GlobalXplorer.
UAB researcher Sarah Parcak, Ph.D., has already shown the world how to find ancient sites from space. Now her graduate student is using remote sensing data to find a different kind of hidden treasure: uranium.
Two-hour special, “Vikings Unearthed,” featuring UAB professor Sarah Parcak will premier online Monday, April 4, and will broadcast Wednesday, April 6, on PBS.
February 16, 2016
2016 TED Prize Winner, Space Archaeologist Dr. Sarah Parcak, Uses $1 Million Award to Ignite Army of Global Explorers
UAB’s Parcak will use wish to create an online, interactive citizen science platform.
February 03, 2016
Renowned Peaceful Societies Website Now Housed by UAB College of Arts and Sciences
Peaceful Societies, an online resource on nonviolent groups of people across the world, is now hosted by the Department of Anthropology in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences.
November 08, 2015
UAB’s Sarah Parcak Named 2016 TED Prize Winner
Joining the likes of Bono and Bill Clinton, UAB space archaeologist Sarah Parcak — often called the real-life Indiana Jones — will receive $1 million and help from the TED network to make her world-changing wish come true. What will her wish be?
When Egyptologist Sarah Parcak is not in a classroom at UAB, the pioneer of satellite remote sensing for archaeology is finding sites around the world from space and helping others follow her lead.
UAB Department of Anthropology chair Douglas P. Fry was presented with the 2015 Peace Educator/Scholar award by the Peace and Justice Studies Association on Saturday, Oct. 17, at James Madison University in Virginia.
November 04, 2015
Parcak Receives European Award for Archaeological Work
Sarah Parcak, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, has been selected to receive the Capo Circeo Award.
April 30, 2015
Anthropology Instructor Featured On BBC
Anthropology adjunct instructor Dr. Peggy Brunache was interviewed recently by the BBC in London for Arise News.
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.
