All anthropology

several figures stand on top of a rocky, foliage-covered mountain

November 10, 2025

Thanks to the work of UIC researchers, five Vietnam War MIAs come home 

Center for the Recovery and Identification of the Missing helps recover servicemen missing in Laos.

A whiteboard is shown with multiple ideas on the themes of kitchen use by U.S. consumers.

August 20, 2025

UIC majors merge to solve real-life problems

Design and anthropology collaboration helps students build their resumes.

An exhibit at the Field Museum.

May 12, 2025

UIC, Field Museum team up to teach behind-the-scenes museum studies 

More than 1,400 UIC undergraduates visited the Field Museum through the program this year

January 16, 2024

Digging into facts and the field, UIC anthropologists aid search for war veterans 

The Center for the Recovery and Identification of the Missing partners with U.S. military to find lost service members around the globe

UAV aerial photo of the monumental platform and associated architecture facing southeast toward Majes Valley in Peru.

February 13, 2023

1,200-year-old temple discovery in Peru

UIC researcher reports findings in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Machu Picchu, Peru. Photo by Roberto H on Unsplash

March 22, 2022

Study reconsiders name of Peru’s Machu Picchu

Findings from UIC archeologist suggest Incas had a different name for the site

Java Sea Shipwreck

February 8, 2019

‘X-ray gun’ traces origins of Chinese porcelains found on ancient shipwreck

UIC and Field Museum archaeologists study cargo on vessel that sank 800 years ago

Anna Roosevelt and Chris Davis

October 15, 2018

PBS’ ‘Native America’ documentary features research by UIC anthropologists

Screening on campus Oct. 18, premieres nationally Oct. 23

August 7, 2018

East Meets West: City’s urban gardens grow sense of community

Interdisciplinary team studies city gardens used by low-income, immigrant, refugee populations

Kate Clancy and Julienne Rutherford

October 16, 2017

Report identifies factors associated with harassment, abuse in academic fieldwork

College students considering careers in fields like archaeology or geology […]

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