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The Forensic Anthropology Program Highlighted in Ohio State News!
The Ohio State University Department of Anthropology is seeing remarkable growth in its forensic anthropology program, reflecting rising student interest in hands-on, applied science. What began…
Lauren Hayden Awarded the Mildred Trotter Prize by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA)
Lauren Hayden, a 3rd year PhD student, was awarded the Mildred Trotter Prize by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) for her outstanding poster presentation, "Association…
Kelsey Shearer awarded a 2025-2026 Graduate Associate Teaching Award
Anthropology GTA Kelsey Shearer was one of 21 GTAs to receive a 2025-2026 Graduate Associate Teaching Award from the Graduate School! The Graduate Associate Teaching Award is Ohio State’s highest…
Nina Wilson awarded The Beatrice Medicine Travel Award Scholarship
Anthropology graduate student, Nina Wilson, has been awarded the 2026 Beatrice Medicine Travel Award Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship honors the life and legacy of Dr…
Jude Snowden Wins 3rd Place in the Office of Outreach and Engagement's Graduate Student Poster Contest!
Jude Snowden recently presented at the Office of Outreach and Engagement's annual Graduate Student Poster Competition which is part of their Community Partnership Breakfast. Jude's poster, which…
New article in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology!
In their new, open-access study in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology by Jacob Scheinblum, Dr. Scott McGraw, Kaita Gurian, and Dr. Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg offer fresh insight into…
Nagarathna Balakrishna and Allyson Simon receive OSU’s Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship!
We are pleased to announce that two of our graduate students, Nagarathna Balakrishna and Allyson Simon have both received OSU’s Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship!
The…
New Article in Ecology of Food and Nutrition!
In their new article, Wright and Piperata explore the challenges of using Brazil’s standardized food insecurity scale (EBIA) in Parque das Tribos, a multiethnic, peri-urban Indigenous community in…
New Article in the Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development!
In their new article Rhue et al. characterize household water insecurity in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil; an urban metropolitan located at the mouth of the Amazon River where water is abundant,…