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What is the anthropocene? When did it start?

Transdisciplinary researchers are increasingly exploring the impacts of humanity on the environment including classifying these markers as the…

During Dr. Erin Moore's Fall 2020 course Anthropology, Public Health, and Human Rights, students conducted a collaborative, digital ethnography of the pandemic. At a time when the entire…

Last week, Dr. Joy McCorriston was interviewed as a part of the Middle East Studies Center's podcast "Keys to Understanding the Middle East." Dr. McCorriston discussed her research in Yemen and…

Congratulations to Drs. Jeff Cohen and Joy McCorriston for each receiving funding for projects through the Ohio State Seed Fund for Racial Justice! Implemented at the request of President Johnson…

Congratulations, Dr. Guatelli-Steinberg!

Along with nine other faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. GS was elected as an American Association for the Advancement of Science…

With Ohio preparing to go into another round of COVID restrictions this week, we’re reminded that while COVID-19 is a biological threat, it too is a social disease that spreads because of contact…

A recent OSU Sustainability Institute article explains how Dr. Sean Downey and his team, including graduate student Shane Scaggs, continue to explore the long term sustainability of labor exchange…

On October 21, Dr. Anna Willow spoke during a roundtable discussion at the University of Helsinki's EXALT Symposium. This symposium "is a new international network of scholars, activists, and…

A team led by Inés Valdez (Political Science) and Mark Moritz (Anthropology) is creating curriculum and tools for training data science students, researchers and professionals that consider how…