April 17, 2026
Incoming Anthropology graduate student Mehrab Hasan awarded the Patricia Whitten Prize
Newly admitted graduate student Mehrab Hasan won the Patricia Whitten Prize at this year's meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropology for his poster “Home range size and social organization of western Hoolock gibbons in the Lawachara National Park, Bangladesh”.This prize was created in honor of Patricia (Pat) Whitten. Professor Whitten received her PhD from Harvard (1982) and joined the Anthropology faculty at Emory University in 1989. Throughout her career her interests focused on the links between behavior, biology and reproduction.
Congratulations, Mehrab!