Anthropology Professor H. Arthur Bankoff Retires After more than 50 years as a fixture in his department, the former chair leaves a legacy of prolific scholarship and generations of Brooklyn College students who discovered the excitement of anthropological fieldwork under his tutelage. Read More
Nickolas Khimerik Heading to Moldova as a Fulbright Scholar The graduating senior will work as an English teaching assistant to hone his skills as a cultural ambassador. Read More
Associate Professor Stephen Chester Helps Answer: When Did Our Extinct Mammal Relatives Start to Get So Smart? Renowned paleontologist joins international team that studied the fossil record to understand mammal brain evolution. Read More
2021 Year in Review at Brooklyn College Despite the ongoing pandemic, there was a lot to celebrate in a year that saw new institutional alliances, big initiatives, prestigious awards, and a safe and successful partial return to Read More
Anthropology Professor Naomi Schiller Speaks on Urgent Tasks Facing U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Accessibility to healthy and sustainable homes is a top priority says Schiller. Read More
CUNY IRG 2021 Recipients They propose a pilot project that will bring together an interdisciplinary team at Brooklyn College with groups from the Great South Bay to assess the impacts on cultural heritage from climate change through a robust community engagement process. Read More
College Group Launches Asian American Faculty and Staff Association Spurred by events across the country and support from the BC administration, a group that had been in discussions for some time makes it official. Read More
Kelly M. Britt—2021 Recipient of the CUNY Henry Wasser Award for Outstanding Assistant Professors Assistant Professor Britt’s work focuses on community-based historical archaeology of urban spaces. Read More
Brooklyn College Professor of Anthropology Helps Describe the Earliest Primate Fossils First fossils of ancient, small-bodied primates provide a big glimpse into how our earliest primate relatives lived 66 million years ago after an asteroid wiped out dinosaurs. Read More
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Stephen Chester Part of Team That Unearths Rise of Mammals in Groundbreaking Discovery Research chronicling one-million-year fossil-rich timeline with Denver Museum of Nature & Science researchers to appear in Science magazine and highlighted on PBS’ NOVA. Read More
