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Postal Address
School of Anthropology
University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210030
Tucson, AZ 85721-00030

Delivery Address
School of Anthropology
1009 East South Campus Drive
Tucson, AZ 85721

Tel: 520.621.2585
Fax: 520.621.2088
Anthro@email.arizona.edu

School Director

Dr. Barbara Mills
Haury Anthropology Building,
Room 210
Tel: 520.621.6298
Fax: 520.621.2088
bmills@arizona.edu

News
  • Vásquez-León Co-Directs Institute
    08/31/2010 - 08:37

     International student leaders come to the University of Arizona to learn and grow at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Student Leaders which draws students from countries including Mexico, Paraguay and Peru. While at the UA, they gain leadership training and connect with others to help improve sustainability projects in their home communities. The twice annually offered institute helps 40 students to build skills and relationships to improve sustainability efforts back home.

  • Haury Fellowships
    08/30/2010 - 12:57

    Congratulations to this year’s Haury Dissertation Fellows: Samuel Duwe, Kelly Jenks, and Susan Mentzer who will each receive $15,000 plus tuition for the 2010-2011 academic year. Following are their dissertation titles.

  • Tim Finan Profile
    08/30/2010 - 12:13

     Tim Finan is a research anthropologist and former director of the University of Arizona’s Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology and Professor in the School of Anthropology. He oversees numerous projects worldwide while teaching at the UA and doing hands-on field research. He has worked extensively in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, plus many other countries for shorter-term projects. You can check out his profile on the UA home page: More Information

  • Ivy Pike Highlighted in SBS Developments
    08/30/2010 - 12:09

     For nearly two decades, Ivy Pike, an associate professor in the School of Anthropology, has been studying ethnic groups in rural northern Kenya to understand how violence shapes community health. More Information

  • Lewis and Clark Fellowship
    08/30/2010 - 12:07

     The “Lewis and Clark Fellowships” in Paleoanthropology have been instituted to honor the contributions of two remarkable scholars, Lewis R. Binford and F. Clark Howell, to the study of human evolution.  The donor of the funds is anonymous.

  • Raichlen Identifies Animal Couch Potatoes
    08/30/2010 - 12:05

     In a study involving the first-ever daily energy expenditure measurements in apes, an international team of researchers including David Raichlen have determined that orangutans living in a large indoor/outdoor habitat used less energy, relative to body mass, than nearly any placental mammal ever measured, including sedentary humans. More Information

  • Buonasera Receives NSF DDIG
    08/27/2010 - 20:44

     TITLE: NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Beyond Acorns and Small Seeds: A Diachronic Functional Analysis of Mortuary Associated Ground Stone from the San Francisco Bay Area.

  • Gauri Pathak's MA Work Recently Published
    08/27/2010 - 20:39

    Gauri Pathak's MA work was recently published as an article in South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies.  The article is called "Delivering the Nation: The Dabbawalas of Mumbai."  Gauri is now a UA PhD student in medical anthropology.

  • Tanner Endowed Professorship
    08/27/2010 - 20:33

     This past summer John F. Tanner entered into an agreement with The University of Arizona Foundation to create The Clara Lee Tanner Endowed Professorship to benefit the School of Anthropology. The professor receiving this named professorship shall be a faculty member who is anthropologically trained and who will teach courses to undergraduate and graduate students that deal with Native American peoples, their material culture, and their societies through time, specifically with an emphasis on the American Southwest.

  • John Tanner Passes
    08/27/2010 - 20:31

     We are sad to report that at 4 AM on Friday, August 20, 2010, John Tanner passed away with family at his bedside. The family has yet to make plans for a memorial. His daughter, Sandy Elers, reported that on Tuesday, he sat up and downed a large dish of vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce with no problem. He greeted Karl with a firm handshake and "What a treat!", albeit a little slurred. He had 98 years and 9 months of good life. Our daughter Louisa was at his bedside all day on Thursday. He leaves a big hole in our lives.