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Congratulations to Dr. Alder Keleman Saxena, Anth Asst. Research Prof. with co-PIs in Forestry and SICCS, received a $1.45M grant from the Norwegian Research Council: "Prioritizing the Displacement-Environment Nexus: Refugee and IDP Settlements as Social-Ecological Systems"

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Congratulations to Drs. Lisa Hardy and Kerry Thompson (Anthro. faculty), who were featured in a podcast on Government Executive. They discuss how tribal governments are handling the COVID-19 crisis. https://t.co/ZqxIzkdcen
#AnthroNAU #COVID19

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Welcome back to classes, Lumberjacks! We are remote until 1/25, so keep up social distancing and wear a mask. Vaccines are coming!

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We are taking graduate students! Join us for a webinar on the Anthropology graduate program this Friday Nov. 6th from 3:30-5 pm MST! Email [email protected] for a link! Any questions: email Dr. Emery Eaves ([email protected])

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Lisa Hardy, Gwen Saul, and Sonja Smith co-authored a piece in The Conversation concerning the racism of N AZ border towns affecting the treatment of Indigenous people during the COVID-19 epidemic.
https://t.co/EqeOFBWJ3t

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Sonja Smith, a Sociocultural Anthropology graduate student, discussed how structural racism leads to harmful discrimination against Indigenous people in N AZ border towns during this epidemic.
https://t.co/YlO0N95H5M

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Lisa Hardy, a Sociocultural Anthropologist on our faculty, was interviewed on KNAU on her COVID-19 research recently. Her research highlights how longstanding dramatic inequalities impacts people's health differently. https://t.co/wptRGkfbNd

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Congratulations to our @AnthroNAU student Mark Porter on the successful defense of his MA thesis on Preclassic Maya caching and the origins of inequality at #CahalPech, #Belize. Great work Mark! #BVARProject #archaeology

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Congratulations to @AnthroNAU student Katie Tappan on the successful defense of her MA thesis discussing faunal analyses from Terminal Classic Maya deposits at Baking Pot, #Belize. She defended online, so here is a cool picture of her holding a snake @ZooBelize #NAUZooarch

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To ensure the safety of the NAU community, NAU is making the following changes: https://t.co/s9r9fhCyV5.

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📕 Academic Instruction 📕
⚠️ After spring break-- NAU will transition classes to online instruction for at least two weeks.

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Congratulations to @AnthroNAU graduating senior Wyatt Benson who has been recognized as @NAU_SBS Distinguished Senior! #NAUAnthropology

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@AnthroNAU faculty Dr. Claire Ebert shares photos from this weekends #TTDAP field work

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Congrats to Dr. Jaime Awe who is being recognized at the Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Scholar for 2020! He is being honors for his achievements in reseach and teaching! #NAUAnthropology #NAUArchaeology @BVAR_Project

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Congratulations to Dr. Emery Eaves on her @FulbrightPrgrm fellowship! Her research on the impacts of opioid use treatment for pregnant/parenting women in Portugal will be hosted by the Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde @UnivdeCoimbra #NAUAnthropology #NAUMedAnth

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Thanks to Tony Thibodeau (@museumofnaz), Margaret Hangan (@KaibabNF), Kate Sanderson (@CHERArizona) and Stewart Deats (ESM) for talking to our senior capstone class about their jobs in the different sub-disciplines of anthropology! #NAUAnthropology

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No spring break plans? Spend the week excavating in Utah! #archaeology #fieldschool

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Then @ 1pm head out on an interpretive hike to Keyhole Sink, a prehistoric petroglyph site. If you are interested in either event, please contact Neil Weintrab (Kaibab National Forest, [email protected]).

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Looking for an opportunity to #volunteer and learn about #Archaeology? Sat. Mar. 7 from 9am-1pm, the Willow Bend Environmental Education Center is hosting Science Saturday w/ hands-on activities in experimental archaeology. This is a great opportunity to build your resume!

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Yesterday we got to open up the @AnthroNAU Meso Archaeology Lab up to students to share our lab research on obsidian, ceramics, and more from #Belize! Thanks to the NAU Anthro Club for hosting this great event #nauanthropology #nauarchaeology #bvarproject