Month: May 2022

Prof. Alexia Smith Honored for her Work With Students

Alexia receiving her award
Alexia Smith (right) receives the award from Honors Program Director Jennifer Lease Butts (left)

We are very proud to announce that Prof Alexia Smith has been awarded the Honors Faculty Member of the Year Award by UConn’s Honors Program. She  is pictured receiving her award from Honors Program Director Jennifer Lease Butts at the Honors Medal Ceremony. The award is given to a faculty member who “has made outstanding contributions to the Honors Program and has provided exceptional educational experiences to Honors students”.

Rebecca Kraus Finishes BA Thesis

Rebecca and her advisor
Rebecca Kraus (right) and advisor Christian Tryon (left)

Congratulations to graduating senior Rebecca Kraus who recently completed her Anthropology honors thesis (advisor: Christian Tryon, left) “Obsidian and Ostrich Eggshell: An Archaeological Study of Social Technologies from Mumba Rockshelter, Tanzania during the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene” and will begin her research towards a Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the Fall.

Urvi Kaul Receives NSF Fellowship

Picture of four fellowship recipients
Urvi Kaul on the far left. Photo Credit: UConn Photo

We are delighted to announce that graduate student Uriv Kaul (far left) has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! Urvi, a student of Deborah Bolnick’s, will focus on ” contemporary human population genetics and exploring the impact of politics on human population structures” in her dissertation research. Congratulations to Urvi!