L&S News  Tag: Anthropology

Five years after discovering the first ancient dugout canoe found in Lake Mendota, researchers are now mapping a parking system for boats that are thousands of years old.

Back-to-school can feel frantic — not just for students but for professors, too. L&S faculty members offer some insight into the ways they ready themselves for classes.

Three L&S faculty rank among the eight UW­–Madison scholars who have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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