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ALX Racial Justice Grant

The Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) is expanding their scope this autumn by piloting a racial justice grant. This new opportunity will support instructors who are incorporating assignments,…

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Taylor Tomu co-authors a children's book about COVID-19

Talking to children about the ongoing pandemic is not an easy task. Fortunately, there are tools to help. Graduate student and biological anthropologist Taylor Tomu co-authored a free digital book…

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Leigh Oldershaw receives Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Service

During Tuesday afternoon’s monthly board meeting (on Zoom!) for the Anthropology Public Outreach Program (APOP), included two unexpected guests: the Department of Anthropology Chair, Dr. Kris…

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Chelsea Hunter awarded NSF REG grant

Offered by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Research Experience for Graduates (REG) grant provides supplemental funding to support the cost of a “Cultural Anthropology student’s closely…

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Mark Anthony Arceño Discusses Vineyard Research

As part of his dissertation work, Ph.D. candidate Mark Anthony Arceño has been conducting research since February 2018 in central Ohio on winegrowers' experiences with environmental change. In the…

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Butch Wright, Steven Rhue, and Alex Tuggle awarded Tinker Grants

The Tinker Field Research Grants are awarded for use for travel and field-related expenses for brief periods of pre-dissertation field research in Latin America. The grants are intended to…

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Emily Wolfe-Sherrie Receives NSF DDRIG

To support student research, the National Science Foundation (NSF) offers the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIG) for each subfield. The NSF’s Biological Anthropology Program…

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Melissa Clark awarded Graduate Associate Teaching Award

Every year, The Ohio State University selects ten graduate students to bestow the Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA) upon. This award is renowned as, “Ohio State’s highest recognition of the…

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Emily Wolfe-Sherrie studies Maternal Mental Well-being in Mexico

“My dissertation research explores how postpartum social support affects maternal postpartum depression, and whether oxytocin mediates the relationship,” explains Emily Wolfe-Sherrie, a…