Congratulations to PhD student, Samantha Nadel
Congratulations to PhD student Samantha Nadel, who has passed her comprehensive exams!
Congrats to PhD student, Maria Codlin
Congratulations go out to Dr. Maria Codlin on a very successful defense of her dissertation! Her topic was the zoo-archaeology of Teotihuacan and her post-doc in Italy. Maria also received a 2 year postdoctoral position at the University of Turin to continue her work on bird paleoproteomics with Beatrice Demarchi, who is a leader in […]
Congratulations to PhD student, Johnathan Norris
Congratulations go out to PhD student Johnathan Norris for receiving an America Center for Overseas Research (ACOR) dissertation fieldwork fellowship. The fellowship will cover housing, food, and a stipend for 6 months of research in Amman, Jordan.
Congratulations to PhD student, Melissa Zarate
PhD student Melissa Zarate has been awarded $5,000 from the Primate Action Fund towards her dissertation project, “Landscape Mitogenomics and High-Altitude Adaptation in the Peruvian Yellow-Tailed Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda)”. These funds will help Mel in conducting field surveys searing for new populations of Critically Endangered yellow-tailed woolly monkeys in Parque Nacional Alto Mayo and in southern Peru, […]
READ: Sarah Lewinger’s article, “Barriers and Facilitators to Acceptability of the Female Condom in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review”
Abstract Background: Sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, remain a significant public health challenge for low- and middle-income countries, and about 111 million unintended pregnancies occur in these countries annually. The female condom is the only commonly available method that affords women and girls more control in protecting themselves from sexually transmitted infections, as well as unintended […]
Congratulations to BU Grad, Pritika Sharma
A big congratulations! to Pritika Sharma whose paper “Marriage, Romance, and Destiny” was selected as winner of the 2021 Marlene Mayo Graduate Paper Prize. The Prize includes a $500 award and a one-year membership to the Association for Asian Studies. Her paper will also be submitted in competition for a panel made up of finalists […]
Congrats to PhD student, Laura Brubaker-Wittman
Many congratulations go out to Laura Brubaker-Wittman, a doctoral student from the Biological Anthropology program! She has successfully defended her prospectus and is now ABD. She hopes her work can bring together science, conservation, and environmental justice to help protect orangutans and support local communities at the same time.
PhD student, Evan McDuff, awarded the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research’s Educational and Cultural Affairs Junior Research Fellowship
Congratulations to PhD student, Evan McDuff, who was recently awarded the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research’s Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Junior Research Fellowship. The fellowship will allow him to reside in Israel for four months this fall while conducting research on archaeobotanical remains tied to spice use and dinning practices in communities across ancient […]
Professor Christopher Schmitt featured in Boston Globe article
Congratulations to Professor Christopher Schmitt for being featured in a recent Boston Globe article dedicated to thanking scientists for their work to create a better future. Read the article, entitled “Thank You, Scientists,” here.
Congratulations to Karolena Salmon who successfully defended her honor’s thesis!
Congratulations to AN major Karolena Salmon who successfully defended her honor’s thesis: KEEPING IT CASUAL: CASUALIZATION AND WAITHOOD AS A MEANS OF SELF-OPTIMIZATION AMONG GEN Z COLLEGE STUDENTS