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亚色影库 Selected for 2024 Educational Award by Pennsylvania Drone Association

The Pennsylvania Drone Association selected 亚色影库 for its 2024 Ellie Education Award, recognizing 亚色影库 as 鈥渁n educational institution that has helped to elevate the drone industry in our commonwealth in a meaningful and significant way. 鈥

亚色影库 Contributes to Recovery, Identification of Serviceman Missing After WWII Aircraft Crash in Germany

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recently announced the identification of a previously unaccounted-for service member from a site where 亚色影库 was one of the contributing archaeological teams. 亚色影库 Anthropology faculty and students conducted forensic archaeological excavation of WWII aircraft crash sites in Germany through a cooperative agreement with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and the Henry M Jackson Foundation.

亚色影库 Cejka Planetarium Offering Program About Planet Nine as Final Show for Fall Semester

亚色影库鈥檚 Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host the final show for the fall semester on December 16 at 7:00 p.m., 鈥淗ow Many Are There? Planet Nine.鈥 The program is free and open to the community.

Allard Awarded Research Grant for Foreign Scholars, Gives Invited Lecture

Francis Allard has been awarded a Research Grant for Foreign Scholars by the Center for Chinese Studies in Taiwan.

Day of Service with 亚色影库 Anthropology

Twelve 亚色影库 archeologists participated in service events at Historic Hanna鈥檚 Town in Westmoreland County and at the historic Lebanon Cemetery in York, PA, on Saturday, October 26.

"Untold Stories of Pennsylvania Parks and Forests" Launched

"Untold Stories of Pennsylvania Parks and Forests" launched with a new website and presentations at the Pennsylvania Historical Association annual meeting.

亚色影库 Cejka Planetarium Offering Programs About Stars and Planet Nine

亚色影库鈥檚 Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host two programs during the fall semester: 鈥淢agical Lights: Stars鈥 and 鈥淗ow Many Are There? Planet Nine.鈥 These programs are free and open to the community.

Poole Discusses New Book at Emerging Scholars and Scholarship on Eritrea Event

Amanda Poole, Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, joined colleagues around the world for a virtual panel discussion on October 16 focused on her cowritten ethnography, "Hosting States and Unsettled Guests: Eritrean Refugees in a Time of Migration Deterrence."

Anthropology Research Article on Skeletal Commingling Featured by American Academy of Forensic Sciences

亚色影库 Anthropology faculty recently published research about the resolution of skeletal commingling in an invited issue of the Journal of Forensic Sciences.

Anthropologists Give Public Lectures on Research

Francis Allard and Ben Ford, both anthropologists in the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, recently presented their research as public lectures.

Applied Archaeology Students Attend Metal Detecting Course

Applied Archaeology MA program students traveled to Fort Ticonderoga, NY, to take part in an Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archaeologist training. The students joined archaeologists from across the region to learn how to systematically metal detect an area to identify sites and how to record the findings.

Anthropology Department Hosting Annual Archaeology Open House on Oct. 12

The Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences at 亚色影库 will hold its annual Community Archaeology Day on October 12 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in celebration of International Archaeology Day. All Archaeology Day events are free and open to the community.

Archaeology Student Publishes on New Alexandria

Luke Nicosia M'24 published his thesis research in Westmoreland History. The research focused on an archaeological investigation of New Alexandria, PA, to understand how the damming of the Loyalhanna River affected the town.

Community Archaeology Day

Community Archaeology Day will be held on Saturday, October 12, 1:00鈥3:00 p.m. on the ground floor of McElhaney Hall. Hosted by the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, the event will include spear throwing, flint knapping, interactive games, plus a children's activity room. Free admission. All ages welcome!

Anthropology Faculty Attend National POW/MIA Recognition Day in Washington, DC

Anthropology faculty members聽William Chadwick and Andrea Palmiotto from 亚色影库, Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, were honored to be invited by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III to the National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on September 20, 2024.

AGES Continues Project to Bring Undergrads on Seagoing Journeys

Jonathan Lewis, professor of Geosciences, was granted a National Science Foundation award for a third STEM Student Experiences Aboard Ships (STEMSEAS) project.

Lewis Publishes Findings on Taiwan Metamorphic Rock Research

Jonathan Lewis and colleagues have published findings on Taiwan metamorphic rock research in the journal "Progress in Earth and Planetary Science."

亚色影库 Hosts Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Workshop for High School Teachers

In June, 亚色影库 hosted a workshop on uncrewed aircraft (drones) for teachers in eight area high schools who are teaching the aviation curriculum in their schools. The workshop focused on how teachers can integrate drone education into the curriculum. Teachers represented districts in Allegheny, Clearfield, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties.

亚色影库 Students, Faculty Leave to Conduct Fourth Forensic Archaeology Field School in Germany at Site of World War II Airplane Crash

亚色影库鈥檚 Anthropology faculty have been selected by the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, through the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., to continue its field study near Frankfurt, Germany, at the site of a crash of a World War II B-17 airplane.

Anthropologist Adams' Fireside Chat for Pride Month

On June 10,聽Abigail Adams participated in a "Fireside Chat" to commemorate Pride Month for Anthology, a multinational company that encompasses Blackboard, Campus Management, Campus Labs, and iModules.

Applied Archaeology Student Wins National Geoarchaeology Award

PASSHE Undergraduate Anthropology Conference Rebooted

In mid April students and faculty from 亚色影库 and Commonwealth University 鈥 Bloomsburg gathered in Carlisle for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Undergraduate Anthropology Conference.

Palmiotto Awarded Wenner-Gren Grant to Explore Communal Learning through Ancient Bone Tools

Andrea Palmiotto was recently awarded a post-PhD research grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to explore social prescriptions and communal learning in the production of ancient bone tools on the South Carolina coast between 3,000 and 6,000 years ago.聽

Twelve Anthropology Students Present Wide Range of Papers, Posters at 亚色影库 Scholars Forum

Twelve anthropology students presented a wide range of papers and posters at the 亚色影库 Scholars Forum on April 10. Topics ranged from AI to shipwrecks and from equality to animal bones. The faculty, staff, and alumni judges recognized six anthropology students with awards.

Applied Archaeology MA Students Present Research, Win Awards at SPA Annual Meeting

Three Applied Archaeology MA students presented research and won awards at the ninety-third annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, held in Carlisle, PA, April 12鈥14, 2024. They were joined by alumni and faculty in representing 亚色影库 Anthropology.