• Cola: In downtown Djibouti, a young Afar girl takes a break from participating in a traditional Somali dance, organized in honor of World Education Day (Djibouti, Djibouti, 2011)
    Julie Luchetta

  • A man prepares limes for sale. One bag of limes = 50 cents USD (Fortaleza, Brazil, 2015)
    Christopher Yutzy

  • This photo was taken at the Borough Market in London during some background research into urban food access and fresh produce markets (London, UK, 2016)
    Danielle Johnson

  • A Nukak woman's feet near the ashes where she cooks (Aquabonita, Columbia)
    Carlos Del Cairo

     

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Celebration of Life in Honor of Stephen Zegura

A Celebration of Life in Honor of the late Stephen L. Zegura, SoA Professor Emeritus, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 7, 2019.
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The Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology is offering undergraduate and graduate student internships in four distinct programs for the 2019–2020 academic year. For a complete description of the programs and to access application forms, please visit the BARA Internship Opportunities page. The deadline for applications is August 12, 2019.

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In the Media: Kuhn Comments for Atlas Obscura
Professor Steven Kuhn weighs in as an outside expert for an Atlas Obscura news piece about ancient humans living at high altitudes in Ethiopia. See... read more
In the Media: Inomata Quoted in National Geographic
An August 5 National Geographic article, “... read more
Introducing the 2019 Cohort of SoA Graduate Students
Today we welcome the School of Anthropology’s 2019 incoming graduate students! Rinku Ashok Kumar (left) is a doctoral student in sociocultural... read more
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