News
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PhD candidate Samantha Miller receives the 2025 Outstanding Trainee Presentation in Anthropological Genetics award
Samantha Miller, a PhD candidate in the Tucci lab, received the award at the 2025 American Association of Biological Anthropologists meeting
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Postdoctoral Associate Sarah Ranlett reunifies collection of Egyptian Paleolithic material
Collected in the 1960s ahead of the Awan Dam construction, the artifacts underwent a half-century global Odessey
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Undergraduate Majors Publish their Research
Jamie Chan ‘23 and Jaxon Havens ‘26 published their research in the Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography and the Yale Undergraduate Reseach Journal
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Catherine Panter-Brick’s research demonstrates link between trauma and epigenetic signatures
A first-of-its-kind study shows that experiencing violence and trauma leaves a heritable imprint on the human genome.
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Eric Sargis' research offers insights into mammals’ evolutionary trajectory after non-avian dinosaur extinction
A remarkably preserved 62-million-year-old skeleton sheds light on an enigmatic mammal
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PhD candidate Roy Celaire receives the 2024 John Gwaltney Scholarship Award
This award is bestowed by the Association of Black Anthropologists (a section of the American Anthropological Association) for an original essay
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PhD students Devi Nayar, Logan Emlet, and Charlotte Bednarski co-organize symposium
“The shape of space – A conversation on the making of metaphors, materiality, and geometries of power” featured graduate student panelists
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PhD candidate Shoko Yamada awarded the 2024 Nancy Abelmann Prize
This award, for an Outstanding Graduate Student Paper, is bestowed by the American Anthropology Association’s Society for East Asian Anthropology.
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Catherine Panter-Brick’s research featured in Yale daily news
Her research highlights discontent among aid workers and the influence of power and privilege in the humanitarian sector
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Professor Richard Burger and Lucy Salazar honored by the Peruvian government
In Lima in December 2024, Richard L. Burger and Lucy Salazar were honored by the Peruvian congress for their exceptional and dedicated contributions