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Yuti Gao (Biological Anthropology, PhD Candidate) awarded funding from the Leakey Foundation for her dissertation research on ancient DNA analyses of microbiomes in African and Eurasian monkeys.
The GINI (Global Dynamics of Inequality) project (led by Amy Bogaard, Tim Kohler (WSU) and Scott Ortman (CU Boulder)) was awarded a 2025 Shanghai Archaeology Forum research award. GINI is a large-scale international collaboration that culminated in
Yuti Gao (Biological Anthropology, PhD Candidate) and Professor Steve Leigh have published an article titled “Advancing Scientific Collection-Based Research With the Global Registry of Scientific Collections (GRSciColl)” in the American Journal of
Professor Fernando Villanea's Research Featured in Leakey Foundation Article: "The Great Mucus Mystery"New research led by CU Boulder’s Professor Fernando Villanea traces how a key gene for mucus production was passed from Denisovans to Neanderthals
Professor William Taylor's Moose population research featured on Colorado Public Radio. Decades of reintroduction efforts have brought moose back from local extinction to a thriving population of ~3,500 across the state.But in places like Rocky
Professor Carole McGranahan was recently interviewed by Lion's Roar to discuss Tibetan reincarnation practices and the critical future succession of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.For over seventy years, the Dalai Lama has been a spiritual leader for
Cristian Figueroa (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) successfully defended his M.A. Paper titled "Interpreting Comca'ac Ceramic Figurines as Materialized Non-Binary Identities." Special Thanks to his committee: Professors Gerardo Gutiérrez (chair
Cristian Figueroa (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) presented his research,""Non-binary Ceramic Figurines from Pre-colonial Sonora, México," at the 2025-2026 AGSA Brown Bag Series on December 2nd.
Michael Orellana (Biological Anthropology, PhD in progress) has successfully passed his PhD qualifying exams.
Nick Hartman (Biological Anthropology, PhD in progress) has successfully passed his PhD qualifying exams.