Anthropology
Meet Dimitris Xygalatas, New Director of the Cognitive Science Program
The new program director talks about the humanities and science sides of the field, about how cognitive science spawned AI, and how he studies UConn basketball games as an anthropologist.
October 1, 2024 | Christine Buckley
Students Experience ‘Authentic’ Greece During New Study Abroad Program
The summer field school was designed by anthropologist Dimitris Xygalatas to connect ancient Greece and modern Greek culture
September 26, 2024 |
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UConn Undergrad Digs Deep to Uncover Environmental History of a New Haven Archaeological Site
Research that requires skill, finesse, and a whole lot of muscle
July 1, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance
HRI Faculty Spotlight, César Abadía-Barrero
"What does it mean to heal?"
March 28, 2024 | Erica Laplante
UConn Magazine: Who Tells Our (Pandemic) Story
Too often history is written by the powerful. A UConn anthropologist made sure the story of COVID-19 was chronicled by the rest of us
March 12, 2024 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA
Book About Rituals By UConn Professor To Be Featured as BBC ‘Book of the Week’
The British broadcaster will highlight Dimitris Xygalatas's work during the week of February 26
February 23, 2024 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Pandemic Journaling Project Archive Opens for Research
A repository of data detailing the personal experiences of more than 1,800 people living during the COVID-19 pandemic is available to researchers for the first time
February 15, 2024 | Mac Murray
CLAS Scholars Bring New Expertise to UConn
Nearly 40 new tenure-track faculty members will teach and conduct research in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
August 29, 2023 | Heather Borton
InCHIP Award Supports Research on Migrant Experiences Traveling to the U.S.-Mexico Border
'In transit northward from Panama, where migrants lose contact with family members, experience bodily injury, sexual violence, malnutrition, disease, and mental health impacts, they face similar forces of violence based on policies that limit movement from southern Mexico to the U.S. border.'
June 7, 2023 | Danielle Faipler
White-tailed Deer Bones Give a Glimpse into Connecticut’s Past and May Help Inform a More Sustainable Future
'This contributes to broader discussions about how humans interact with their environment, and that there are ways that we can manage environments sustainably and interact with resources sustainably'
May 26, 2023 | Elaina Hancock