anthropology

The Department of Anthorpology will host John Bing, founder and chairman of ITAP International, for the Anthropology Spotlight Lecture Series: Applying Anthropology to Real World Problems. Bing will present "The Case for Comparative Quantitative Measures of Cultures: The Many Dimensions of Geert Ho...

Heather Baily, a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology, wrote a guest blog for Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, an international journal of cross-cultural health research. Titled “Telemedicine in Ghana,” her post described a trip to Ghana, where she investigated how the country is imple...

Celebrate National Anthropology Day by stopping by the Department of Anthropology’s table in Tinkham Veale University Center for a piece of cake Thursday, Feb. 16, from noon to 2 p.m. While there, learn about the opportunities open to anthropologists....

More than 1,000 stakeholders and community members are expected to visit Research ShowCASE April 15 to see the latest innovations from faculty and students at Case Western Reserve University. Among them: Four of the university’s most prominent researchers, who will be recognized as Faculty Distingui...

This year’s Anthropology Spotlight Lecture Series, "Applying Anthropology to Real World Problems," will be held Monday, April 18, from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. in Mather Memorial, Room 201. Dawn Nafus, senior research scientist at Intel, will present “Getting Out of the Clouds: Context and Data within the...

Disposal of medical waste is not the most glamorous issue in global health, yet the risk it poses to health workers, community members, and the environment is significant in resource-poor locations around the world. At rural health clinics in Uganda, for example, medical waste—from wrappers to used ...

When she joined the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as a graduate student in 1970, Cynthia Beall considered it a means of earning her badge in science; in fact, it was one of her first acts of graduate school. Now, 45 years later, she will leave her mark on the organizati...

Jill Korbin, the Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor, director of the Schubert Center for Child Studies and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as president-elect (2015-2017) and president (2017-2019) of the Society for Psychological Anthropology. Korbin’s research focuses o...

During spring break, Case Western Reserve University students and faculty traveled to Uganda to work with Ugandan colleagues in the social sciences and engineering on two global health projects. The project is part of an initiative linking Case Western Reserve students with biomedical engineering st...

Katia Almeida, instructor of anthropology, and Lisa Nielson, SAGES and music lecturer, will present at the annual Wittke/Jackson Lecture on Friday, April 10, at 12:30 p.m. in DeGrace Hall, Room 312. Almeida and Nielson are the 2014 winners of the Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate...