Students mapping lava flow

Planetarium

The Cejka Planetarium in Kopchick Hall is a digital planetarium 35 feet in diameter. It is used extensively for educational outreach as well as in undergraduate instruction, both for introductory astronomy courses and in classes for Earth and Space Science teaching majors.

Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Statement on Race and Diversity

The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department is committed to combating racism through fostering inclusive and welcoming spaces for diverse students, and fostering student learning outcomes that expand the understanding of race: particularly, that race is not a biological reality, but that race and racism are cultural and social constructs that intersect with social class and other forms of social positionality to produce harm for people of color in our society and globally.

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News

亚色影库 Alumna Selected for Fulbright Award

Kayla Anthony, a recent graduate of 亚色影库, originally from Johnstown, has been selected for a Fulbright post-graduate study award.

亚色影库 Anthropologists Conducting Field School in Germany at Site of WWII Plane Crash

亚色影库 has been selected by the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency through the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc. to continue its field study in Germany at the site of a December 1944 crash of a World War II B-17 airplane.

AGES Students Named to Spring 2025 Dean鈥檚 List

The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department congratulates our students for being named to the Dean鈥檚 List for spring 2025. Students receive this recognition for each semester in which they earn a GPA of 3.25 or higher while taking a minimum of 12 credits.

AGES Faculty and Students Represent 亚色影库 at Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting

Faculty and students from the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department traveled to Denver to participate in the Society for American Archaeology聽annual meeting. They chaired sessions, presented on their ongoing work, participated in the SAA Ethics Bowl, and represented 亚色影库 and the Applied Archaeology program at the Cultural Resource Management Expo.

AGES Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Scholarly Activities

During the thirty-first annual Research Awards Reception at 亚色影库, three Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences faculty members were recognized for outstanding scholarly activities.