Town-gown awards honor food-related community partnerships
The awards celebrate cooperation between the university and the greater Ithaca community.
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Tracing the human career from the emergence of the species to the contemporary global moment
Department of Anthropology
The Department of Archaeology faculty conduct ethnographic and archaeological as well as biological research that brings hard-won fieldwork to the development of cutting edge social and cultural theories. Our students and faculty work around the globe: from Ithaca, India and Indonesia to the Caribbean and Central America; from Japan, Africa and Nepal to China and the Caucasus; and from the circumpolar North to the Global South.
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Over 50 Students Receive NSF Graduate Fellowships
The National Science Foundation offers approximately 2,000 fellowships per year to research-based master’s and doctoral students pursuing STEM studies.
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Scholar offers talk about Brazilian crackdowns and feminist response
Her talk is one of three in the African Diaspora Knowledge Exchange Series.
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From fabric arts to human waste: Student Biennial projects transcend
More than a dozen students are taking part in the Cornell Biennial, which aims to serve as an anchor for the arts at Cornell.
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Global Cornell awards support new international courses
Five International Cornell Curriculum grants totaling $114,000 will support faculty developing courses that feature international experiences for students.
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Creating ‘political economy of hope’ at Pakistan-India border
When politicians get close to constituents, either physically or digitally, they manage expectations and offer assurances to constituents. But they also expose themselves to scrutiny, giving people the chance to see beyond the performance into imperfect government workings.
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Mummified bird gets second life in multisensory exhibition
“A Tale of Two Mummies: Multisensory Experience” runs Oct. 7-9, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., in Upson Hall’s Lounge 116.
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Tamarkin's Book Receives Honorable Mention for the Diana Forsythe Prize
Noah Tamarkin's book, Genetic Afterlives: Black Jewish Indigeneity in South Africa, was awarded the honorable mention for the Diana Forsythe Prize.
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Undergraduate Study
Anthropology provides the global perspective and critical thinking skills that will open doors to a wide range of career paths. The major will also prepare you for graduate study in anthropology.
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Department Collections
The Anthropology Collections include approximately 20,000 items representing human activity around the world from the Lower Paleolithic to the present. Archaeological and ethnographic materials are about equally represented.
Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York State, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' people, past and present, to these lands and waters. This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' leadership.