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  Alumni

  Mia LaRocca ('17) Wins Fulbright Award to Italy

  The Fulbright/Casten Family Foundation Award will allow Mia to pursue a Master’s degree at the University of Gastronomic Sciences, which is committed to promoting a sustainable and just food economy through the tenets of the Slow Food movement.
  
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  Faculty

  Dr. Gomberg-Muñoz Receives NSF Grant for Research in Mexico

  Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz was awarded a National Science Foundation senior research grant for a multiyear project with deportee rights organizers in Mexico City.
  
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  Faculty

  Dr. Adams Publishes Chapter on Mortuary Tourism in Indonesia

  Kathleen Adams has contributed a chapter to the edited volume "Leisure and Death," based on her ongoing research in Toraja, Indonesia.
  
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  Faculty

  Dr. Strand Contributes to Interdisciplinary "Rural Voices" Book

  Thea Strand recently published a chapter on rural Norwegians' use of urban language in the edited volume "Rural Voices: Language, Identity, and Social Change Across Place."
  
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  Faculty

  Dr. Gomberg-Muñoz Contributes to Inaugural Issue of the Journal for the Anthropology of North America

  In JANA's first "Come to Terms" column, Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz makes a case for anthropologists as "accomplices" rather than "allies."
  
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  Students

  Congratulations, Anthropology Grads!

  Outstanding accomplishments were recognized at the annual gala, featuring student research and senior awards. Congrats to all of our new graduates in Anthropology!
  
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  Faculty

  Drs. Butler and Gomberg-Muñoz Honored at 2018 Sujack Awards

  Noah Butler and Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz received Master Teacher awards at the 2018 Sujack Awards ceremony, recognizing outstanding CAS faculty accomplishments in teaching and research.
  
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  Alumni

  LUC Anthro Alum Alexandria Peterson Publishes in Journal of Human Evolution

  Alex Peterson (BS '14) recently published an article as first author in JHE analyzing dental microwear, paleoenvironment, and diet for A. africanus and P. robustus.
  
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  Faculty

  Dr. Adams Contributes to New Handbook of Contemporary Indonesia

  Kathleen Adams' chapter in the Routledge Handbook is titled "Revisiting 'Wonderful Indonesia': Tourism, Economy, and Society."
  
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  Students

  Loyola Anthro Students, Alumni, and Faculty at April Conferences: SfAA, AAPA, and CSAS

  Current students and recent alumni are out in force presenting original research alongside department faculty at the annual meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, and the Central States Anthropological Society.
  
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  Faculty

  Atlas Obscura Features Dr. Nichols' Research on Museum Exchange

  Catherine Nichols' ongoing research on the exchange of anthropological duplicates among museums, including the Smithsonian, is featured in a new Atlas Obscura article.
  
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  Faculty

  Dr. Grauer Elected President of AAPA, to Receive 2018 Lasker Award

  Anthropology Chair Anne Grauer has been elected President of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. At the AAPA meeting in April, Dr. Grauer will also receive the Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award for her history of excellent service to the AAPA and the field of physical anthropology.
  
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  Events

  From the Attic to the Web: Building the May Weber Ethnographic Digital Collection

  Dr. Catherine Nichols, along with Digital Humanities graduate students Lucas Coyne, Andi Pacheco, and Adam Depew, will discuss progress on their project, "Decolonizing the Museum Catalogue," at a lunchtime lecture on Wednesday, April 11.
  
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  Faculty

  Dr. Adams Delivers Keynote at Critical Tourism Studies Conference

  Kathleen Adams' keynote lecture, titled "On Gateways and “Yellow Brick Roads”: Rethinking Travel and Travelers in an era of (Im-) Mobility,” was delivered at the Inaugural Conference for Critical Tourism Studies in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
  
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  Events

  "The Anthropologist" Film Screening and Q&A with Dr. Susie Crate

  In concert with the Loyola's Climate Change Conference, Dr. Crate will host a screening of *The Anthropologist,* a film that is part biographical story of daughters and their anthropologist mothers, as well as a tour of indigenous communities contemplating relocation from traditional homes as a result of climate change. The screening will be Friday, March 16, from 11:15-1:00 in the Damen Cinema.
  
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  Events

  Migration and Belonging Exhibit and Talk by Lauren Heidbrink

  Anthropology's Mobility and Immobility Speaker Series will feature an exhibit titled "Migration and Belonging: Narratives from a Highland Town" in the IC from Feb. 19-Mar. 1, including a talk by exhibit creator Lauren Heidbrink on Feb. 26.
  
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  Events

  Dr. Calcagno to Participate in CCIH Perspectives on Personhood Colloquium

  The interdisciplinary colloquium will bring together resources from science, philosophy, and theology to interrogate human consciousness and personhood. It will be held on Tuesday, February 16 in the IC.
  
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  Events

  Undocumented to Hyperdocumented, Loyola's Dra. Aurora Chang Talks About Her New Book

  School of Education professor Chang will discuss her new book, The Struggles of Identity, Education, and Agency in the Lives of Undocumented Students, on Feb. 13.
  
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  Faculty

  Dr. Adams Examines Santa Fe Collection of Toraja Art

  In late November, Kathleen Adams traveled to Santa Fe to examine materials at the Museum of International Folk Art, photo-documenting a Toraja effigy of the dead as part of a digital repatriation project.
  
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  Students

  Students Attend Umbanda Religious Ceremony with Prof. Penglase in Brazil

  Prof. Ben Penglase, who is teaching in a USAC study-abroad program in Florianópolis, Brazil, took students to an Umbanda religious ceremony at the Ilê de Xangô center, where priests also gave a short talk about the African roots of the Brazilian religions Candomblé and Umbanda.
  
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  Faculty

  Loyola Faculty at the 2017 AAA Annual Meeting

  Drs. Adams, Gomberg-Muñoz, and Penglase participated in the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington, DC, presenting original research and contributing to disciplinary discussions of museums, migration policies, and Olympic legacies.
  
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  Events

  Salvadoran Congresswoman Marina Alvarenga at LUC Nov. 6

  Alvarenga will address migration challenges facing El Salvador, including mass deportations from the United States. The talk will be at 4:00 p.m., Nov. 6, in McCormick Lounge.
  
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  Alumni

  From Cancer Survivor to Fighting Child Hunger

  Anthropology alum Kelly LaFramboise's (BS, BA '11) journey to Loyola and life after is a study in humanity.
  
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  Students

  Dr. Penglase and Students Attend Soccer Match in Brazil

  Participating in a semester-long USAC study-abroad program in Florianopolis, Brazil, Dr. Penglase took Loyola students to the match as part of his class on "Culture of Brazil."
  
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  Faculty

  Dr. Butler contributes to "landmark in the anthropology of education"

  The recent edited volume on Islamic education in Africa has received strong praise. Dr. Butler's chapter discusses new forms and uses of schools in Muslim communities in Niger.
  
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  Faculty

  Dr. Krueger Publishes "A Guide to Teaching Race after Charlottesville"

  Her reflections on best practices for teaching about race and racism in the anthropology classroom recently appeared in Anthropology News.
  
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  Video

  Landfill on campus a glimpse into Chicago's past

  What’s underneath this grass on Halas Quad, may surprise you: old garbage. Extending across this part of Loyola’s Lake Shore campus is a landfill that contains about 60 tons of trash. Hundreds of artifacts exposed during construction projects have been collected and studied by Anthropology professor Dr. Daniel Amick.
  
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  Experiential Learning

  May Weber Ethnographic Art Collection finds a home at Loyola

  A university acquisition that was years in the making is now giving students a chance to study non-Western folk art--and unravel the mind of a collector.
  
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  Faculty

  Professor Jim Calcagno creates new online course for TED

  Professor Jim Calcagno has developed one of the first online courses available as part of TED’s new Ted Studies series. Dr. Calcagno’s 2013 Evolutionary Anthropology article “What Makes Us Human” served as the inspiration for the course, which features a set of curated talks on evolution from experts such as Jane Goodall.