Noteworthy  

Alumnus Dr. P. Kerim Friedman and partner Shashwati Talukdar have been chosen to receive the Society for Visual Anthropology's Jean Rouch Award (the society's highest honor) for their documentary film Please Don't Beat Me, Sir! [Details]

Faculty member Dr. Anthony Ranere and alumna Dr. Ruth Dickau have been awarded a two-year grant from the National Science Foundation to support their research project "The Role of the Middle Cauca River Valley, Colombia, in the Early Domestication and Dispersal of New World Crops." [Details]

Faculty member Dr. David Orr, doctoral student Christopher Barton, and undergraduate alumna Patricia Markert are getting local, regional, and national attention for their archaeological work on Timbuctoo. [Details]