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This past week Bloomberg published a Q&A with Nick Kawa, Associate Professor of Anthropology, about his new book After the Flush: Rethinking the Future of Human Waste. The discussion delves into…

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Congratulations to Anthropology PhD student Luxin Yin on the publication of her latest research in BMJ Medical Humanities! Her new paper, titled "Looking back to look ahead: a BERTopic-assisted…

College students and workers alike are finding a new set of skills is needed for a rapidly changing workplace.

A computer-science degree is no longer a golden ticket. Stanford and MIT…

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Recently highlighted in the Fall 2026 issue of the Ohio State Alumni Magazine, education at Ohio State Marion extends far beyond traditional classroom walls. The entire campus…

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Samantha Kirgesner, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at The Ohio State University, has received a highly competitive Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship(opens in new window),…

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New research from The Ohio State University Department of Anthropology sheds new light on one of the biggest questions in human evolution: How did our earliest ancestors move through the…

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Elizabeth A. Holdsworth, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology. She applied for a Spark Award to support her project “Daily Milk Composition and Infant Growth.”

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A new find has emerged from the local soil: the remains of a young individual, who researchers suspect may have held a religious or clerical role, marking an incredibly rare and significant first…