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2023

UTM Anthropology newsletter for undergraduate students

Grocers fail to pass along full Nutrition North food subsidy to shoppers, study co-authored by Tracey Galloway shows (September 14, 2023)

New study co-authored by Madeleine Mant shows link between institutionalization, hip fractures and death (August 30, 2023)

Lauren Schroeder has been named as one of this year’s SN 10: Scientists to Watch, the ScienceNews list of 10 early and mid-career scientists who are making extraordinary contributions to their field (July 11, 2023)

David Samson on "Creating a better future: How to take our instinct to belong to a group and turn it into a force for good" - Toronto Star (June 9, 2023)

David Samson's opinion piece "Tribalism creates trust among strangers, but at what cost?" appears in the Globe and Mail (May 26, 2023)

Leann Ling received an Outstanding Graduating Anthropology Student Award from the Canadian Anthropology Society. (May 26, 2023)

Nicole Novroski talks about how genealogy and DNA are used to solve crimes - CTV. (May 24, 2023)

Tracey Galloway is part of a U of T-led collaboration developing clean energy technologies that can be tailored to the needs of different communities - U of T News. (April 27, 2023)

Congratulations to all prize winners for best presentations and posters at the 2023 UTM Anthropology Conference for undergraduate students (UTMAS Instagram). (April 4, 2023)

Stephen Scharper interviewed regarding renewed calls to make High Park car-free - Global News. (April 3, 2023)

Anthropology students Vinnah Rahman and Aditi Soin receive 2022-23 UTM Student Leadership Awards. (March 30, 2023)

University of Toronto including UTM is is the top-ranked Canadian university, and number 13 in the world for the subject of anthropology in the 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject. (March 28, 2023)

Stephen Scharper discusses how love factors prominently into his approach to research (UTM News). (March 24, 2023)

David Samson weighs in on the behavioural changes people can make to improve their sleep and get better, deeper rest (Toronto Star). (March 15, 2023)

Nicole Novroski discusses how genetic genealogy can help solve missing persons cases (CBC). (February 7, 2023)

UTORMFA (multifactorial authentication) rollout for all undergraduate and graduate students must be completed by February 28, 2023 (January 11, 2023)

Students learn about about Swahili culture through international cooking workshop at UTM (January 3, 2023)