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João Biehl, professor of anthropology, has received the Diana Forsythe Prize for his book "Will to Live: AIDS Therapies and the Politics of Survival." Biehl received the prize Nov. 22 at the annual ...

There are some things so universal that they persist across centuries, even as nations have risen and fallen and generations have come and gone. The human response to the power of color is ubiquitous, ...

The holidays are approaching: gatherings with in-laws, crowded shopping malls, snow and ice, hampered travel. But for many, there is an elixir that makes it all bearable—wine. Robert Ulin, professor ...

After 20 non-consecutive months of field research and years of compiling it into a manuscript, Erin Stiles, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, has published a book about the ...

Correction: In the original version of this online headline, multitasking was misspelled. Browsing Facebook during lecture. Writing a paper while listening to music. Texting during dinner.

After months of inquiry, the American Anthropological Association has given a mixed review to a controversial book critical of scholars’ treatment of indigenous peoples of the Amazon. In a preliminary ...

There are some things so universal that they persist across centuries, even as nations have risen and fallen and generations have come and gone. The human response to the power of color is ubiquitous, ...