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)
Photo of Diane Kendall
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)
Janelle Taylor headshot
From the Chair — Spring 2016
(June 16, 2016)
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Heterotopia —The New UW Journal of Anthropology
(April 1, 2015)
Janelle Taylor headshot
From the Chair — Spring 2015
(April 1, 2015)
Denny Hall Exterior
Denny Hall Gets Remodeled
(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)
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)
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 —  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)