# Department of Anthropology
**Source**: https://anthropology.cornell.edu/
**Parent**: https://anthropology.cornell.edu/guidelines-and-procedures-undergraduate-honors-anthropology
Tracing the human career from the emergence of the species to the contemporary global moment
# Department of Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology faculty conduct ethnographic and archaeological as well as biological research that brings hard-won fieldwork to the development of cutting edge social and cultural theories. Our students and faculty work around the globe: from Ithaca, India and Indonesia to the Caribbean and Central America; from Japan, Africa and Nepal to China and the Caucasus; and from the circumpolar North to the Global South.
### Popular Destinations
[About the department](/about)
## Anthropology news
### [Cornell Center for Social Sciences names 2026-27 Faculty Fellows](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/cornell-center-social-sciences-names-2026-27-faculty-fellows)
3/04/2026
The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has selected 10 faculty members, including several from A&S, as 2026–27 Faculty Fellows, providing course release and funding to support interdisciplinary social science research with real-world impact.
### [Daniel Gold, professor of Asian studies emeritus, dies at 78](/news/daniel-gold-professor-asian-studies-emeritus-dies-78)
2/26/2026
Daniel Gold, a professor of Asian studies emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, died on Feb. 16 in Ithaca. He was 78.
### [College of Arts and Sciences announces 2026 Klarman Fellows](/news/college-arts-and-sciences-announces-2026-klarman-fellows)
2/04/2026
The 12 early-career scholars will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
### [Fossiles to fortepianos: The Hill's 'mini-museums' and collections](/news/fossiles-fortepianos-hills-mini-museums-and-collections)
1/23/2026
The next time you visit Ithaca, check out exhibits on Chimes history, astronomical instruments, historical keyboards and so much more\
### [Your January 2026 reads](/news/your-january-2026-reads)
1/20/2026
This month’s featured titles include poetry, an anthropologist’s memoir, and a chronicle of the Nazi’s massive looting of European artworks. \
### [Book explores ‘modernity and malevolence’ in Indian clinical care](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/12/book-explores-modernity-and-malevolence-indian-clinical-care)
12/16/2025
The book shows how patterns of psycho-social stress combined with modernity’s pressures can influence psychiatric practice.
### [Doctoral Alumna Selected for CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award](/news/doctoral-alumna-selected-cgsproquest-distinguished-dissertation-award)
12/11/2025
Dusti Cheyenne Bridges, Ph.D. ’25, was selected for the Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award in the humanities and fine arts.
### [Yvette Reyes is Awarded the Freedman Award to Conduct Powerful Research on Literacy and Learning](/news/yvette-reyes-awarded-freedman-award-conduct-powerful-research-literacy-and-learning)
11/20/2025
Yvette's research explores how college students make sense of their early and ongoing literacy experiences.
[More Anthropology news](/news)
## Undergraduate Study
Anthropology provides the global perspective and critical thinking skills that will open doors to a wide range of career paths. The major will also prepare you for graduate study in anthropology.
### Student Opportunities:
- [Global Health Program in Tanzania](https://www.human.cornell.edu/dns/academics/undergraduate/globalhealth/summer/tanzania)
- [Cornell in India: Nilgiris Field Learning Center](https://global.cornell.edu/hub/india)
- [Academic Honors Program](http://anthropology.cornell.edu/anthropology-major#honors)
- [Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies](http://ciams.cornell.edu/)
### Anthro Events
Mar
09
Monday
04:30 PM
## [Reverse Anthropology](https://events.cornell.edu/event/reverse-anthropology)
Cornell Cinema
Mar
13
Friday
03:00 PM
## [Anthropology Colloquium: Amelia Moore](https://events.cornell.edu/event/anthropology-colloquium-amelia-moore)
120 Mary Ann Wood Drive
B21
Mar
23
Monday
12:15 PM
## [“I am saying take the medicine”: Psychopharmaceutical Subjectivities in Contemporary Maldives](https://events.cornell.edu/event/i-am-saying-take-the-medicine)
Uris Hall
G08
Apr
10
Friday
03:00 PM
## [Anand Taneja - "Nest Upon Nest: Maulana Azad, Political Demonetization, and Muslim Persistence in India"](https://events.cornell.edu/event/anand-taneja-lecture)
120 Mary Ann Wood Drive
B21
Apr
20
Monday
04:30 PM
## [Collaborative Filmmaking; Indigenous Media](https://events.cornell.edu/event/collaborative-filmmaking-indigenous-media)
Cornell Cinema
Apr
24
Friday
03:00 PM
## [Anthropology Colloquium: Akihiro Ogawa](https://events.cornell.edu/event/anthropology-colloquium-akihiro-ogawa)
120 Mary Ann Wood Drive
B21
Apr
27
Monday
04:30 PM
## [Sensory Ethnography](https://events.cornell.edu/event/sensory-ethnography)
Cornell Cinema
May
01
Friday
03:00 PM
## [Anthropology Colloquium: Sampreety Gurung](https://events.cornell.edu/event/anthropology-colloquium-sampreety-gurung)
120 Mary Ann Wood Drive
B21
May
05
Tuesday
12:20 PM
## [Globalization’s Glue: Plywood and Pine Trees Across the Americas](https://events.cornell.edu/event/tbd-436)
Uris Hall
G08
[See all events](https://events.cornell.edu/search?search=anthro)
## Department Collections
The Anthropology Collections include approximately 20,000 items representing human activity around the world from the Lower Paleolithic to the present. Archaeological and ethnographic materials are about equally represented.
[More about Anthropology Collections](https://anthropology.cornell.edu/anthropology-collections)
Alumni and friends interested in supporting the Department of Anthropology can visit [our Giving Page](https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1717/giving/interior.aspx?sid=1717&gid=2&pgid=16421&cid=27217&dids=397.2014&bledit=1&sort=1&appealcode=ASXXGOL). Thank you to all of our alumni and friends who support our programs. Your gifts mean so much to our students and faculty members.
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