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Kymberley Chu writes a blog for the American Ethnological Society
March 18, 2024

Graduate Student, Kymberley Chu, has recently written a personal essay for the American Ethnological Society (AES) entitled "Making More-than-Human and Multispecies Theory: An AES Reading List." The essay reflects on Kymberley's preliminary fieldwork in Malaysia while interweaving and curating a suggested reading list on making…

Alexandra Sastrawati’s photo essay published in Johns Hopkins University’s Tendon, reads at School of Medicine
March 12, 2024

Alexandra Sastrawati, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in medical and urban anthropology and Young NUS Fellow at National University of Singapore (NUS), debuts "Dwells and Descends"—a lyrical, photo essay…

Anthropology major Kaitlyn Chen '24 celebrated for leading Princeton women's basketball team
March 8, 2024

Anthropology major in the Medical Anthropology track, Kaitlyn Chen '24 is celebrated as a star leader of the successful women's basketball team in The Daily Princetonian's article. Please read more about Kaitlyn Chen and the university's team here. 

GradFUTURES in Anthropology
March 4, 2024

The Department of Anthropology welcomed James Van Wyck on March 1st for a lively discussion with our graduate students and administrators on the Graduate School’s professionalization programs available through GradFUTURES…

Noah Collins publishes article in Genome Research
March 1, 2024

Graduate student, Noah Collins recently co-published an article in Genome Research. The article, “Why community consultation matters in genomic research benefit-sharing models,” talks about the importance of benefit sharing in genomic research. The intention of the article is to share lessons that may…

Yanping Ni Presents at University of Colorado, Boulder, and Harvard East Asia Society
Feb. 27, 2024

Yanping Ni, a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology, recently participated in the 2024 CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association Conference (CUBASGA), held…

Mai Alkhamissi | Investigating Cultural Alignment of Large Language Models
Feb. 26, 2024

For nearly a year, Mai Alkhamissi (DCE, Anthropology) collaborated with Badr AlKhamissi (PhD candidate, EPFL), Muhammad ElNokrashy (Researcher, Microsoft Egypt), supervised by Dr. Mona Diab (LTI Director, Carnegie Mellon University), on an interdisciplinary project combining…

Dumplings from around the world on AnthroDay!
Feb. 26, 2024

On February 15, the Department of Anthropology celebrated AnthroDay with dumplings from around the world. Students, faculty, and staff joined together in making this another fantastic Anthropology Day celebration. Professor and chair João Biehl welcomed all to the event. Assistant Professor…

PACRI meeting brings together partner research teams from Princeton and five HBCUs
Feb. 21, 2024

On February 2nd and 3rd the Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research (PACRI) met to share results from their research collaborations and to spark ideas for further discovery. PACRI brings Princeton and…

Nikhil Pandhi at the Dartmouth Society of Fellows
Feb. 19, 2024

Anthropology Doctoral candidate Nikhil Pandhi was awarded a prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Dartmouth Society of Fellows. The inter-disciplinary 3-year fellowship affords generous time and intellectual…