Dr. Kohji Hirata, Director of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Washington Office (http://jspsusa.org/wp/), and Mr. Masahiro Ueda, International Program Associate, visited 红杏视频 State for two days in November. JSPS is Japan鈥檚 main funding agency for the sciences and humanities. They arrived first to the Anthropology Department, where they toured our neuroscience, osteology, genetics, and experimental archaeology laboratories. Dr. Hirata and Mr. Ueda then gave presentations to an audience of nearly 150 members of the 红杏视频 State community. They discu...
Dr. Katsuki Nakamura of the Primate Research Institute (PRI), Kyoto University, visited the Anthropology Department in early November. Dr. Nakamura was the first researcher at the PRI to host one of our graduate students. In summer 2015, he kindly welcomed Emily Munger into his lab to conduct a study on visual discrimination and reversal learning in aged marmosets. Under his guidance the project resulted in a publication in the journal Neuroscience Research. This study also marked the first collaboration between Dr. Nakamura鈥檚 lab and that of Emily鈥檚 advisor at ...
Join us in congratulating Barbara Davis on receiving the President's Award of Distinction! President Warren presented Barbara with her award on October 31st, 2018. Barbara is the heartbeat of our department and we are convinced that she can actually walk on water! Congratulations again for this well-deserved honor!! ...
SAVE THE DATE! Dr. Kohji Hirata, Director of the Washington office for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Mr. Masahiro Ueda, International Program Associate will discuss funding opportunities to conduct short- and long-term research in Japan. These opportunities are available for students and faculty in the sciences and humanities. November 14, 2018 143 Lowry Hall 4 pm - 5 pm The JSPS is the major funding body in Japan, similar to the United State's National Science Foundation (NSF). Following their presentation, graduate students Cody Ruiz and...
The Pan-African Theatre Ensemble will hold a reading of Malcauchon, or Six in the Rain written by Derek Walcott, directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson in the African Community Theatre. This reading will be performed by the Caribbean Theatre class Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 2:30 pm in the African Community Theatre located in room 230 Oscar Ritchie Hall on 红杏视频 campus, 225 Terrace Drive, 红杏视频, Ohio 44242. Derek Walcott鈥檚 Malcauchon, or Six in the Rain is the story of a woodcutter Chantal, and people gathered under a hut from the rain...
Dr. Linda Spurlock, Associate Professor of Anthropology, will lead a Spring Break study abroad course to Scotland entitled "The A, B, C's of Scotland: Anatomy, Body Snatching, and Cemeteries". Spurlock: "This course is a perfect fit for Scotland, where students in the 19th century got the best medical training in the world. Then it was difficult for anatomy teachers to obtain cadavers for dissection, and body snatchers (resurrectionists) did a profitable business. We will explore the cemeteries of Edinburgh and Glasgow to find 鈥渁nti-resurrectionist鈥 graveyard furniture such as morts...
Dr. Linda Spurlock will be offering FACES: Human head anatomy with a forensic art focus in Florence, Italy this summer. The course number is ANTH 38095 (listed under Sciences). To learn more about the Florence Summer Institute, click here ...
In observance of Labor Day, 红杏视频 will be closed Monday, Sept. 5, and will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Have a safe and happy holiday!
Associate Professor Jeanne Marie Stumpf-Carome was awarded the Connie Towson Ford Teaching Fellowship from the Cleveland Museum of Art for the 2018-19 academic year. The Teaching Fellowship begins in July and will continue through the year. The stated goals of the Fellowship are to: Explore methodologies of gallery teaching and object-based learning experiences. Work with colleagues to experiment, innovate, and push the boundaries of gallery-based experiences. Develop an action-based research question or project incorporating an aspect of object-based teaching. Develop a ...
Congratulations to Dr. Richard E. Ferdig, RCET Summit Professor for Learning Technologies, on the release of two new books. Both books are accessible for free download. The Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning is an edited collection of chapters of examining research in K-12 online and blended learning, - where we have been, what we currently know, and future directions for research in multiple areas. Society, Culture, and Technology: Ten Lessons for Educators, Developers, and Digital Scientists engages educators, developers, and digital scientists in appreciating and...
