Department News

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Anthropology reports highest major satisfaction in survey Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024


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Sydney Coldren '24 Publishes Article in the Almagest Journal Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024


Laurin Baumgardt

Graduate student Laurin Baumgardt wins (CUAA) Graduate Student Paper Prize Monday, Oct. 14, 2024


Marcel LaFlamme

Marcel LaFlamme '18 Appointed Director of Research Policy and Scholarship Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024


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Sophia Peng ‘24 wins the 2024 Harold K. Schneider Student Paper Prize Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024


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A Summer Field Course in Tanzania Explored Climate Change and Human Evolution Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024


Fall 2024 series

Fall 2024 Brown Bag Series Friday, Sep. 20, 2024


Khadene Harris

New Faculty at Rice Anthropology Wednesday, Jul. 31, 2024


Maggie Katongo and Sylvia Wemanya

Archaeology Graduate Students Honored with Prestigious Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2024


The Pandemic Workplace

Professor Ilana Gershon Publishes "The Pandemic Workplace" Tuesday, May. 28, 2024


Gokce Gunel, Jeff Fleisher, and Cymene Howe

Jeff Fleisher, Gökçe Günel, and Cymene Howe Recognized at Rice University Awards Ceremony Thursday, Apr. 25, 2024


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Graduate Students Receive Expanding Horizons Scholarship Friday, Apr. 5, 2024


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Screening of Balloon by Filmmaker Pema Tseden as Part of 2024 Brown Bag Series Tuesday, Apr. 2, 2024


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"Dominican Republic’s Neofascist Paramilitaries Double Down on Right-Wing Repression" by Dr. Amarilys Estrella Friday, Mar. 8, 2024


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Assistant Professor Huatse Gyal Interviewed by Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024


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"Audio Ethnographies of Water from Latin America: Aquatic Attractions" by Graduate Student Alejandra Osejo Varona Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024


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Professors’ Project Featured in The New York Times Friday, Feb. 9, 2024


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Graduate Students Receive Social Sciences Research Institute Awards Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024


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Graduate Students Receive Expanding Horizons Scholarship Monday, Jan. 15, 2024


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Spring 2024 Brown Bag Series Monday, Jan. 8, 2024


VIctoria Massie, Katie Ulrich, Sumin Yoon, and Helena Fietz

Sumin Yoon wins the 2023 SMA W.H.R. Rivers Undergraduate Student Paper Prize Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023


Gizem Haspolat

Graduate student Gizem Haspolat wins 2023 Robert M. Netting Graduate Fellows Prize Monday, Dec. 4, 2023


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Anthropology Resources on Israel and Palestine Friday, Nov. 10, 2023


Huatse Gyal

Assistant Professor Huatse Gyal debuts new documentary "Khata" Friday, Oct. 13, 2023


Brown Bag Series

Fall 2023 Brown Bag Series Wednesday, Sep. 6, 2023


New Faculty

New Faculty at Rice Anthropology Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023


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Graduate Student Melanie Ford Lemus Wins Lodieska Stockbridge Vaughn Fellowship Tuesday, May. 30, 2023


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"Struggles for an Inclusive Future in the Colombian High Mountains" by Graduate Student Alejandra Osejo Varona Monday, May. 29, 2023


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Graduate Students Alejandra Osejo-Varona and Keren Reichler Publish “Care in the Concrete: New Soil for the City” with Professor Cymene Howe in Weather Matters. Monday, Nov. 14, 2022


Helena Zeweri in the Anthropology Department Conference Room

PhD Alum Helena Zeweri on Overcoming COVID-19 Challenges Friday, Jun. 17, 2022


Baird Campbell

PhD Alum Baird Campbell Publishes Article with GLQ Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2022


Victoria Massie

Victoria Massie's New “Black Feminist Science Studies” Course Featured on "I SEE U" Podcast Monday, Apr. 25, 2022


Ashley Fitzpatrick

Undergraduate Student Ashley Fitzpatrick Wins the Shapiro Award Thursday, Apr. 21, 2022


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Community-Based Archaeology and Texas History Monday, Apr. 11, 2022


Mel Ford

Graduate Student Melanie Ford Lemus Selected as Finalist for the 2022 Rappaport Prize Panel Monday, Apr. 4, 2022


Poster for exhibit, featuring Empire illustration by Feifei Zhou

Feral Atlas: The More-Than-Human Anthropocene Opens at Rice University Solar Studios Thursday, Mar. 31, 2022


Amarilys Estrella & Victoria Massie

Amarilys Estrella & Victoria Massie Awarded BRIDGE Grant Friday, Mar. 11, 2022


Amarilys Estrella

Amarilys Estrella Publishes Article in Social Science & Medicine Friday, Feb. 11, 2022


Victoria Massie

Victoria Massie Publishes Article with Feminist Anthropology Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022


Alejandra Osejo Varona

Graduate Student Alejandra Osejo Varona Awarded Expanding Horizons Fellowship Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021


Yesmar Oyarzun

Graduate Student Yesmar Oyarzun Awarded Steven Polgar Paper Prize Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021


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Cymene Howe leads Melt/Rise Team in Geographic Information System Project Monday, Oct. 25, 2021


Katelyn Landry

Undergraduate Student Katelyn Landry Publishes Online Exhibit Friday, Sep. 3, 2021


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Composer Marcus Maroney’s OK, Goodbye Inspired by Professor Howe & Boyer's Research Thursday, Sep. 2, 2021


Natalie Festa

Undergraduate Student Natalie Festa Awarded 2021 J. Michael Quigg Council of Texas Archaeologists Student Research Grant Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2021


Molly Morgan

Molly Morgan Awarded Fondren Fellows Project Grant Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021


Helena Zeweri

PhD Alum Helena Zeweri Featured on NPR Monday, Aug. 16, 2021


Zeynep Gizem Haspolat

Graduate Student Zeynep Gizem Haspolat Awarded Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2021


Baird Campbell

Graduate Student Baird Campbell Awarded 2021 Graduate Teaching Award for Independent Instruction Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2021


Laurin Baumgardt

Graduate Student Laurin Baumgardt Awarded NSF Award Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2021


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Graduate Student Yesmar Oyarzun Awarded NSF Award Monday, Mar. 8, 2021


Glacier

Cymene Howe Publishes Essay on “Hydrological Globalization” Monday, Nov. 23, 2020


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Anthropology Department Invites Applications for Two Assistant Professor Positions Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020


Contact

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E-mail: anth@rice.edu

Postal Address

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Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892

Street Address

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Houston, TX 77005