Searching for Wisconsin’s Dugout Canoes

Sissel Schroeder in Undark: Researchers compiling a digital library of the boats show how Indigenous practices persisted as landscapes changed.

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Digging the Documentary

Professor of Anthropology John Hawks, who starred in last summer’s hit Netflix documentary Unknown: Cave of Bones, discusses what it’s like to tout science in a modern media landscape.

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In Memoriam: Dr. James M. Skibo

Department of Anthropology's Honorary Fellow Dr. James M. Skibo passed away on April 14, 2023.

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Meet the 2023 Hilldale Award Winners

Two Letters & Science faculty members — Sissel Schroeder and Susan Cook — receive 2023 Hilldale Awards to recognize their contributions to teaching, research and service.

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Seventeen L&S graduate students honored with 2022-23 Teaching Assistant Awards

UW–Madison employs over 2,100 teaching assistants (TAs) across its 200-plus undergraduate major and certificate programs. Whether teaching in lecture halls, classrooms, and labs on campus or leading learning opportunities in the wider community, their work is vital to fulfilling the university’s educational mission and the Wisconsin Idea.

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Repatriating the Ancestors

Anthropology colleagues are working with tribes to return the remains of ancestors and sacred objects.

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Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney on NBC News: Cherry blossoms often involved in xenophobic acts against Asian Americans in the United States

Professor of anthropology discusses historical examples of cherry blossoms being burned, vandalized or otherwise destroyed during times of heightened anti-Asian resentment.

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Sissel Schroeder on Wisconsin Life: "The most important archaeological site in Wisconsin"

Chair of Anthropology discusses the decades of work she's done at Aztalan, the Wisconsin site that once supported an ancient, sun-worshipping civilization.

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John Hawks on CNN: New discovery cements South Africa as rich area for human fossils

Professor of Anthropology comments on the discovery of the partial skull of a Homo naledi child by scientists working near Johannesburg.

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