Announcements

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The Sam Dubal Memorial Lecture on Racial Justice in Medical Anthropology and Global Health to Be Held on December 2, 2024
November 26, 2024
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The Dubal Memorial Lecture: Weighing the Future: Race, Science, and Pregnancy Trials in the Postgenomic Era
October 2, 2023
Archival Photograph of Students Lined Up Outside of Denny Hall for Graduation
Celebrating the Department of Anthropology's Class of 2023
June 8, 2023
Biff Keyes w/wife Jane and former Viet Nam studies students at his retirement party, 2006. (L-R) Dao The Duc, Diane Niblack Fox, Cam Hoang, Thi Thu Hang Truong, Tuyen Thi Doan, B Keyes, J Keyes, Duong Bich Hanh, Phan Ngoc Chien, Tran So Le, Rie Nakamura
Remembering Charles (“Biff”) Keyes
May 10, 2022
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Welcoming new staff member Haley Lee
May 10, 2022
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From the Chair — Spring 2022
May 10, 2022
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From the Chair — Winter 2022
December 9, 2021
UW Regent Leonard Forsman, chairman of Suquamish Tribe – photo courtesy of Crosscut
Inslee names Chairman Leonard Forsman to the University of Washington Board of Regents
December 6, 2021
Photo of Raphaëlle Rabanes (left) and Sam Dubal (right) in the Berkeley Hills
Raphaëlle Rabanes, new Assistant Professor in Anthropology of Race, Racism and Health
May 3, 2021
Prof. Sam Dubal
Sam Dubal Endowed Fellowship
April 23, 2021
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From the Chair — Spring 2021
April 23, 2021
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Alumni Book Round-up
May 12, 2020
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From the Chair — Spring 2020
May 11, 2020
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Students | Alumni News 2019
June 11, 2019
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Students | Alumni News 2018
May 9, 2018
Assistant Professor Melanie Martin
New Faculty Profile: Melanie Martin
May 9, 2018
Don Grayson, photo by Mary Levin
Donald K. Grayson — Renowned UW Archaeologist and Quaternary Ecologist Retiring after 43 years
May 9, 2018
Professor Emeritus Edgar "Bud" Winans
Professor Emeritus Edgar "Bud" Winans
July 31, 2017
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Faculty | Staff News 2017
June 8, 2017
Professor Stevan Harrell at a Yanguan Primary School Dance, 2016
Retiring after all these years
June 7, 2017
World Anthropology Day
World Anthropology Day is February 16th! 
January 27, 2017
Faculty and students at the 5th annual chili cookoff
5th Annual Department of Anthropology Chili Cookoff
January 23, 2017
Preserving the Past Together Seminar Flyer
Preserving the Past Together - UW Anthropology Seminar Series
January 4, 2017
Denny Hall, home of the Department of Anthropology
Resources for Anthropology Students, Staff and Faculty
November 18, 2016
Front of Denny Hall, the oldest building on the University of Washington campus, completed in 1895. The building underwent a recent remodel, which restored the central stairwell and skylight, and opens for autumn quarter 2016 classes in September
Denny Hall: Transformation Complete
August 26, 2016
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Faculty | Staff News 2016
June 16, 2016
Photo of the central atrium of the Denny Hall interior under construction. Image courtesy Sven Haakanson
Denny Hall — The Final Countdown
June 16, 2016
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From the Chair — Spring 2016
June 16, 2016
Janelle Taylor headshot
From the Chair — Spring 2015
April 1, 2015
Denny Hall Exterior
Denny Hall Gets Remodeled
April 1, 2015
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Heterotopia —The New UW Journal of Anthropology
April 1, 2015
Janelle Taylor headshot
From the Chair — Spring 2014
March 31, 2014
People at Research Tools Event
Celebrating Anthropology's STARTS Fund and its Founders
March 31, 2014
RACE exhibit poster
RACE: Are We So Different?—An Anthropological Exhibit Comes to Seattle
March 31, 2014
Audience members at Career Night
Career Night—What Can You Do with an Anthropology Degree?
March 31, 2014
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Anthropology Club Back in Business
March 31, 2014
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DigAR Lab: The Digital Archaeology Research Lab
June 3, 2013
Janelle Taylor headshot
From the Chair — Spring 2013
April 1, 2013
Holly Barker with MA Student, Alvin Logan
Professor Holly Barker wins Distinguished Teaching Award
April 1, 2013
Leah Isquith
Daris Swindler Fellowship Awarded to Leah Isquith
April 1, 2013
Joni Marts
Joni Marts Returns to the Anthropology Advising Office
April 2, 2012
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Peter Nute, In Memoriam
April 2, 2012
Bettina Shell Duncan
From the Chair —  Spring 2012
April 2, 2012
Michael Pèrez with two children in Baqa’a Refugee Camp, Amman
Michael Vicente Pèrez joins the Department of Anthropology
April 2, 2012
Professor James Pfeiffer with daughter Solea
New Joint Appointment with Anthropology for Professor James Pfeiffer
April 2, 2012
Bettina Shell-Duncan
From the Chair —  2011
April 1, 2011
Professor Robert C. Dunnell taken by D.J. Meltzer in 1980
Robert C. Dunnell, In Memoriam
April 1, 2011
Bettina Shell-Duncan
From the Chair —  Spring 2010
April 2, 2010
Bettina Shell-Duncan
From the Chair — Autumn 2009
April 1, 2009
Catherine Zeigler
Zeigler Named Program Assistant of the Year
April 1, 2009