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Allison Formanack has been selected to receive a 2017-2018 Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship. This fellowship will be for one semester of full support during the 17/18 academic year. Support will consist of a stipend equal to a 50%

Jennifer Deats and Kaitlyn Davis completed their MA’s last week with successful defenses of their theses:Jen: Style, Identity, and Communities of Practice: An Examination of Middle Missouri Ceramics at Chief Looking's Village and the Heart River

A House for Every Daughter photography exhibitDennis McGilvray has graced our central showcase with a special exhibit of his gorgeous photography on matrilocal marriage in Sri Lanka and South India. Take a moment next time you pass by the second

Bert Covert has been chosen by a Graduate School committee as a winner of the 2016-2017 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award. We couldn’t agree more. The honor comes with a cash award of $1000. Congratulations Bert!

Jennifer Leichliter has been awarded a Summer Graduate School Fellowship to work on her dissertation. This fellowship will be for three months of support and will consist of a monthly stipend of $2,000. Congratulations, Jen!

Sara Fardi gave a successful defense of her thesis on Friday 17 March and is set to earn her Master’s in May. She researched Neonatal hair cortisol in relation to maternal environment, sociodemographic factors and infant outcomes rural Gambia with

Michelle Sauther has won a $245K NSF grant for her research on “Extreme Primates: Physiological and Behavioral Responses to a Temperate Primate Niche Using a Strepsirrhine Model.” M.L. Sauther, Frank P. Cuozzo.  It is perhaps a truism to state

Willi Lempert just received a $38K ACLS/Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship for AY 2017/2018 for his research Broadcasting Indigenous Futures: The Social Life of Aboriginal Media. Hats off! The American Council of Learned Societies is

In a front page story, NY Times reporter Frances Robles looks into the murder of Sheets family friends in Joya de Cerén, El Salvador, and the two young sisters who witnessed it. Now refugees in their own country from gangs that formed in the US,

Robin Bernstein was interviewed by NBC news radio last Friday about her study: “Mother's milk changes with the seasons, influencing baby's well-being”. Seasonally-influenced changes in a mother’s environment and diet can have a profound impact on