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IUP at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Conference

Several IUP students, faculty, and alumni attended the Society for American Archaeology Annual Conference last week in San Francisco, CA. Nine current faculty and students presented their research, and a team of graduate and undergraduate students competed in the Ethics Bowl.

  • 07 May 2026
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Patrick Coauthors Geomorphology Book Chapter

The long-awaited “Essentials of Geomorphology” textbook was released by Cambridge University Press in January 2026, with the “Landforms Developed on Folded Rocks” chapter written by IUP AGES Department geographer Kevin Patrick, in collaboration with West Virginia University geomorphologist Steven Kite and Michigan State University editor Randall Schaetzl.

  • 07 May 2026
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AGES Congratulates Our University Senate Award Winners

Each academic year, the University Senate honors faculty members who make significant contributions to the university. The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department was well represented at the IUP University Senate Awards celebration.

  • 07 May 2026
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AGES Students Participate and Win Awards at IUP Scholars Forum

The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department had 40 student presentations at the twenty-first annual IUP Scholars Forum on April 8, 2026. They gave both oral and poster presentations, and one applied archaeology graduate student participated in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition Finals.

  • 25 April 2026
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IUP At the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Annual Conference

  • 16 April 2026
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IUP Proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine Team, IUP Faculty Members, Administrators are Invited Presenters for Appalachian Regional Commission Conference

Members of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine leadership team and IUP faculty members Rick Adkins and John Benhart were invited presenters for the Appalachian Regional Commission “Network Appalachia” meeting, showcasing the region’s experts on transportation, robotics, economic development, and emerging technologies.

  • 15 April 2026
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Anthropology Students and Faculty Active at National Applied Anthropology Conference

IUP Anthropology faculty members Abigail Adams and Amanda Poole, along with students Shanya Coshey, Marisol Gonzalez Flores, Seth Koch, Samantha Langley, and Abigail Trimble, attended the eighty-sixth annual Society for Applied Anthropology meetings held March 17–21, 2026, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

  • 31 March 2026
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Panel Discussion Honors Distinguished University Professor Emeritus Victor Garcia

Abigail Adams attended the eighty-sixth annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and participated in a two-session memorial panel to honor the late visionary applied anthropologist Victor Garcia.

  • 31 March 2026
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Applied Archaeology Students Present Research and Win Award at Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference

Three Applied Archaeology MA students presented their thesis research at the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, held in March. Abdul Jones won the student paper award.

  • 17 March 2026
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Applied Archaeology Student Research Featured in Pennsylvania Annual Report

Abdul Jones’ Applied Archaeology thesis research was featured in the 2025 Pennsylvania Archaeology Site Survey Report.

  • 10 March 2026
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IUP Cejka Planetarium Offering Program About Total Lunar Eclipse and Program on How Humanity Has Learned to Live in Space

IUP’s Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host a program about the next total lunar eclipse on February 24, “Blood Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse,” and a presentation titled “Working from the Final Frontier: How Humanity has Learned to Live in Space” on March 25.

  • 16 February 2026
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IUP Anthropology Presents at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Conference

IUP anthropology faculty and students attended and presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, in February.

  • 14 February 2026
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Free Planetarium Show "Blood Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse"

The Cejka Planetarium show for February is “Blood Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse,” about the upcoming lunar eclipse in early March.

  • 13 February 2026
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Professor of Anthropology Presents Program on Medical Anthropology to IUP Proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine Steering Committee, Team

Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor of anthropology Abigail Adams presented a program on medical anthropology, disease theory systems, and the Appalachian region, of which Indiana is included, to the leadership team and steering committee of IUP’s proposed college of osteopathic medicine.

  • 11 February 2026
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AGES Students Named to Fall 2025 Dean’s List

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

  • 21 January 2026
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Hawks at Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology

AGES faculty and students presented recent research at the Society for Historical Archaeology and the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology annual meetings in Detroit.

  • 21 January 2026
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AGES Students Named Provost Scholars

The Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences congratulates our students named as IUP Provost Scholars.

  • 01 December 2025
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IUP Student Wins Pennsylvania Historical Association Prize

Applied Archaeology graduate student, Emma Lashley won the 2025 Pennsylvania Historical Association Magruder-Newman Prize for Best Student Paper Presentation

  • 24 November 2025
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IUP Archaeology Goes North and South

Students and faculty from the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences participated in the annual meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology annual meeting in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

  • 10 November 2025
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Recent and Upcoming Presentations on Johnstown Area Archaeology

Brown's Farm was a racially integrated settlement near Johnstown that was inhabited from the early nineteenth through mid-twentieth centuries. Abdul Jones is presenting a series of talks on his thesis research at the site.

  • 03 November 2025
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Warnock Publishes on Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Jonathan Warnock, Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, published with co-authors on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current during the last interglacial.

  • 30 October 2025
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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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