Colin Walmsley '15 Named Rhodes Scholar

The Anthropology Department is pleased to congratulate Colin Walmsley '15 of Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Canada, who has been named the 78th Rhodes Scholar in Dartmouth's History. As a double major in Anthropology and Government, Colin plans to use the scholarship to pursue a master's degree in social anthropology at Oxford. Read more about Colin Walmsley '15 Named Rhodes Scholar

Karolina Krelinova '14 Wins Runner-Up Chase Peace Prize

The Anthropology Department congratulates anthropology major Karolina Krelinova ’14, who has been awarded the 2014 Runner-Up Prize by the John Sloan Dickey Center’s Chase Peace Prize committee. Each year, the Dickey Center awards the Peace Prize and Runner-Up Prize to senior theses or culminating projects that address “the subject of war, conflict resolution, the prospects and problems of maintaining peace, or other related topics” Read more about Karolina Krelinova '14 Wins Runner-Up Chase Peace Prize

What Americans Can Learn From a Vial of Tibetan Spit

In an article for Pacific Standard, Associate Professor Sienna Craig discusses the discovery of distinct genetic traits among Tibetans living at high altitude, how these traits can inform advances in medicine, and the challenges of communicating medical science across cultures. Read more about What Americans Can Learn From a Vial of Tibetan Spit

Miriam Kilimo ’14 Named Rhodes Scholar

The Anthropology Department extends warm congratulations to Miriam Jerotich '14 of Nairobi, Kenya, who has been named the 76th Rhodes Scholar in Dartmouth's History. As an Anthropology major, Miriam plans to use the scholarship to pursue a master's degree in women's studies at Oxford. Read more about Miriam Kilimo ’14 Named Rhodes Scholar

Christina Danosi '13 publishes study of Samoan flying foxes

Christina Danosi '13, a modified Anthropology-Biological Sciences major, has published the results of her reading and research courses, Anth 85 and 87, in the Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Read more about Christina Danosi '13 publishes study of Samoan flying foxes

Art Sheds New Light on the Ecology of Ancient Egypt

Dartmouth biological anthropologist Nathaniel Dominy and his colleagues provide elegant insight into ancient Egyptian ecology in their most recent study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. Read more about Art Sheds New Light on the Ecology of Ancient Egypt

For Watanabe's Students, New Zealand is Full of Lessons

Associate Professor of Anthropology John Watanabe, who studies the Maya peoples of Guatemala and Mexico, has been traveling to a venue outside of his specialty area to shepherd Dartmouth undergraduates through the cultural landscape of New Zealand Read more about For Watanabe's Students, New Zealand is Full of Lessons

Crossing Disciplinary Borders in the Classroom

A team-teaching collaboration between a Dartmouth College anthropologist and a Geisel School of Medicine infectious-disease expert turned out to be an educational experience for both the students and the faculty. Read more about Crossing Disciplinary Borders in the Classroom

Anthropology Student Receives Scholar Award

Andres G. Mejia-Ramon ('16) wins Stamp Family Charitable Foundation Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps IV Leadership Scholar Award. Read more about Anthropology Student Receives Scholar Award

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