Brooklyn College Faculty Member Helps Uncover Story of Great Ape and Human Evolution New study reconstructs well-preserved but damaged skull of a great ape species that lived about 12 million years ago. Read More
A Global Change-Maker Sophomore and Watson Fellow Ricky Costas-Hernandez aims to make worldwide change with food security. Read More
Professor of Anthropology Stephen Chester Part of $3 Million National Science Foundation Grant Funding for Brooklyn College, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and seven additional collaborating institutions will help unravel mysteries of how life rebounded after the extinction of the dinosaurs. Read More
Call Them by Their Name In a new internship last fall, anthropology major Lily Bello helped trans community members overcome the legal red tape of changing their names. Read More
Author and Activist Barbara Smith to Lecture at Brooklyn College on March 16 One of her first public appearances since 2020 will serve as an extraordinary complement to Brooklyn College’s Women’s History Month celebration. Read More
Professor of Cultural anthropology Katie Rose Hejtmanek Competes in the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) Masters World Championships Cultural anthropology professor and children and youth studies director Katie Rose Hejtmanek recently competed in the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) Masters World Championships. She is the 59kg 40-44 World Champion. Read More
Brooklyn College Professors Wayne Powell and H. Arthur Bankoff Help Reveal Details of Ancient and Complex Trade Network in Present Day Turkey Research on 3,300-year-old Uluburun shipwreck continues to yield incredible finds. Read More
Author and Activist Barbara Smith Serving as Brooklyn College’s Hess Scholar-in-Residence for 2022-23 The independent scholar has opened up a national cultural and political dialogue about the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. On November 29, Smith will be part of a conversation on campus with Jeanne Theoharis to discuss selected clips from the newly released documentary, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,” which features Smith and is also based on Theoharis’ research and book of the same name. Read More
Seventeen Brooklyn College Projects to be Funded as Part of CUNY’s BRESI Initiative to Further Transform Ethnic Studies on Campus and Beyond Brooklyn College is proud to announce that 17 projects from various academic departments and other areas of the college were awarded a total of nearly $300,000 in funding through CUNY’s Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) program. Read More
Katie Rose Hejtmanek’s Work on Anxiety Featured in Anthropology News Katie Rose Hejtmanek is associate professor of anthropology at Brooklyn College, CUNY. Her forthcoming work includes an ethnography on CrossFit, Training for Life: The Promise of CrossFit, a collection on Read More
