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Department News & Updates
Raja Timilsina Presenting at SURCA
Sumanta Roy & Summer Peltzer selected as recipients of the GPSA Teaching Assistant of the Year Award
Anthropology PhD Student Sumanta Roy Selected for Smithsonian (SIMA) Internship
ANTH 340 Explores Ancient Origins of Fabric Dyes
Remembering Nancy McKee
Barry Hewlett Retires
More News and Stories About Anthropology
The Wire.in: Behind India’s e-waste problem is a workforce it fails to count
Sumatra Roy, PhD candidate in anthropology, analyzed whether workers in India’s electronics recycling sector are benefiting from the system their labor sustains in this article from The Wire.
Maternal cannabis use may expose infants to harmful compounds through breastmilk
Infants whose mothers smoked cannabis while breastfeeding showed the presence of volatile organic compounds in their urine, a recent study shows.
Jordan Thompson wins R.E. Taylor Poster Award at Society for American Archaeology’s Annual Meeting
Jordan Thompson, PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology, won the R.E. Taylor Poster Award at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
New Meyer’s Point grants support environmental research and hands-on learning
Along the shoreline of South Puget Sound where forests, wetlands, and marine ecosystems meet a rapidly growing urban corridor, WSU researchers and students are studying pressing environmental and cultural challenges at Meyer’s Point Environmental Field Station.
Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities announces 2026 Faculty Fellows
The David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce the Faculty Fellows for 2026-27. Each year, the Pollart Center selects applications from WSU faculty members for projects that advance knowledge and public awareness of the arts and humanities.
WSU SURCA undergraduate researchers earn 65 awards
Seventy-three students at the Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) 2026 were the recipients of 65 awards totaling $14,000.