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Anthropology Department Hosting Annual Archaeology Open House on Oct. 11

The Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold its annual Community Archaeology Day on October 11 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in celebration of International Archaeology Day.

  • 03 October 2025
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IUP Co-Sponsors Historic Preservation Workforce Summit

The IUP Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Science, Department of History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religious Studies, and the Office of Carer and Professional Development partnered with the State Historic Preservation Office and Shippensburg University to host a day-long summit in Harrisburg.

  • 01 October 2025
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IUP Cejka Planetarium Offering Programs About Rubin Telescope, Recalling the Space Race

IUP’s Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host two programs during the fall semester: “A New Eye: The Rubin Telescope” on September 29 and “Recalling the Space Race” on October 29. Both programs will begin at 7:00 p.m. The presentations are free and open to the community.

  • 22 September 2025
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AGES Faculty Publish on Workforce Readiness

Applied Archaeology faculty in the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department joined colleagues from across the nation in an article on archaeology workforce readiness.

  • 19 September 2025
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John Taylor Contributes to New Study on the Northern Cordillera

Professor Emeritus John Taylor, along with colleagues, published a new study that provides insights into the geologic evolution of central Yukon, Canada, over 500 million years ago.

  • 19 September 2025
Faculty Achievements Research

Poole Publishes on Migration Deterrence and Refugee Decision-Making

Dr. Amanda Poole, Professor of Anthropology, co-authored a peer-reviewed article titled “Smugglers vs. Students: Migration Deterrence and Understandings of Risk Among Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia.”

  • 17 September 2025
Faculty Achievements

Free Planetarium Show "A New Eye: The Rubin Telescope"

Ken Coles will present “A New Eye: The Rubin Telescope!”, a planetarium show about the newly opened Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

  • 16 September 2025
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Poole Publishes on Migration, Human Rights, and Global Refugee Policy

Amanda Poole, Professor of Anthropology, published a feature article in The Migration Information Source titled “Severe Repression in Eritrea Has Prompted Decades of Exodus.”

  • 16 September 2025
Faculty Achievements

Ford Appointed to Maryland Historical Trust Board of Trustees

Ben Ford, faculty in the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, was recently sworn in as a member of the Maryland Historical Trust Board of Trustees. He is filling the submerged archaeology position on the board.

  • 08 September 2025
Faculty Achievements

Cejka Planetarium Announces Fall 2025 Schedule

IUP’s Cejka Planetarium has announced the fall 2025 schedule.

  • 02 September 2025
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IUP Forensic Science Major to Begin Accepting Students for Fall 2025

Indiana University of Pennsylvania will launch a new forensic sciences major for fall 2025.

  • 04 August 2025
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Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Credits IUP Team with Assisting in World War II Pilot Identification

On July 11, the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency distributed a news release about the identification of a World War II soldier who died in December 1944, crediting the work of an Indiana University of Pennsylvania field school in assisting in identifying the late soldier’s remains.

  • 14 July 2025
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IUP Alumna Selected for Fulbright Award

Kayla Anthony, a recent graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, originally from Johnstown, has been selected for a Fulbright post-graduate study award.

  • 03 July 2025
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IUP Anthropologists Conducting Field School in Germany at Site of WWII Plane Crash

Indiana University of Pennsylvania 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.

  • 12 June 2025
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AGES Students Named to Spring 2025 Dean’s List

The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department congratulates our students for being named to the Dean’s 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.

  • 01 June 2025
Student Achievements

AGES Faculty and Students Represent IUP 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 annual meeting. They chaired sessions, presented on their ongoing work, participated in the SAA Ethics Bowl, and represented IUP and the Applied Archaeology program at the Cultural Resource Management Expo.

  • 06 May 2025
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AGES Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Scholarly Activities

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

  • 30 April 2025
Research Faculty Achievements

Geography and Planning Faculty Member and Alumni Receive Governor’s Awards

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Awards for Local Government Excellence honored public officials at an April 2025 ceremony at the Pennsylvania State Museum in Harrisburg, which included multiple authorities with graduates from the IUP Planning program in leadership positions.

  • 28 April 2025
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Free Planetarium Show Celebrating Centennial of the Planetarium, May 7

Ken Coles will present “The Centennial of the Planetarium!”, a planetarium show celebrating 100 years since the first planetarium opened to the public in Germany. The show will review a few of the things a planetarium can show, along with recent discoveries from the Webb Space Telescope and the Bennu asteroid sample return.

  • 23 April 2025
Events

Archaeology Graduate Students Win Awards at Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology

Five IUP archaeology graduate students from the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences received awards and scholarships at the ninety-fourth annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology.

  • 22 April 2025
Student Achievements

Geographers Participate in Association of American Geographers Conference

Kevin Patrick and John Benhart, of the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department,  attended the National Association of American Geographers conference in March 2025.

  • 18 April 2025
Faculty Achievements

AGES Students Participate and Win Awards at IUP Scholars Forum

The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department had 56 students who presented at the twentieth annual IUP Scholars Forum on April 9, 2025. They gave both oral and poster presentations, and two applied archaeology graduate students participated in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition.

  • 16 April 2025
Student Achievements

Archaeology Graduate Students Present Research at Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology

IUP archaeology graduate students from the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences traveled to Dubois, Pennsylvania, to present their work at the ninety-fourth annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology.

  • 15 April 2025
Staff Achievements

Faculty and Students Present at Society for Applied Anthropology Meeting

IUP Anthropology faculty Amanda Poole and Abigail Adams, along with four IUP undergraduate students, participated in an academic panel at the eighty-fifth annual Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings held March 25–29 in Portland, Oregon.

  • 10 April 2025
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AGES Faculty and Students Present Research at Geological Society of America Meeting

Faculty and students of the IUP Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department traveled to Erie, PA to present at the Northeast-North Central Regional Geological Society of America Meeting. Their talks highlighted their ongoing research and demonstrated the diversity and synergy within the department.

  • 08 April 2025
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