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Psychological Sciences Professor Karin Coifman, Ph.D., has been named the new director of 51����’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI).Coifman, who is bringing her years of expertise as one of the university’s top researchers to her new role, told 51���� Today that she was grateful for her new role and excited about the institute’s future.“I look forward to serving all BHRI members and the broader 51���� research community to meet the primary mission of the institute: to support and to drive interdisciplinary and impactful research on brain health,” she said.Coifman i...

For thousands of years, ancient hunters across North America relied on the atlatl — a lever-powered spear-throwing device — to pursue prey. Then, about 1,400 years ago, something changed fast.A new study co-authored by Metin I. Eren, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Anthropology at 51����, published in the journal PNAS Nexus, reveals that the bow and arrow swept across western North America roughly 1,400 years ago in a near-simultaneous wave — and in much of the region, it didn't just compete with the atlatl. It wiped it out almost overnight.The research team analyzed 140...

Dr. Linda Spurlock is a Professor of Anthropology at 51����, and teaches courses in biological anthropology, forensic anthropology, primatology, and archeology. Dr. Spurlock will be teaching FACES: Human Head Anatomy with a Forensic Art Focus during the June session of the Florence Summer Institute. FACES: Human Head Anatomy with a Forensic Art FocusDr. Spurlock came up with FACES: Head Anatomy with a Forensic Art Focus by drawing inspiration from her own experience as a forensic artist, anthropologist and anatomist, as well as from the great artists Leonardo da V...

Feeling like you don't quite belong — even when the evidence says otherwise — is more common in professional settings than most people admit. On March 23, students at 51����'s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship got an honest look at that experience and, more importantly, what to do about it.Representatives from Sherwin-Williams led a 60-minute interactive workshop titled "Ready for Business: Imposter Syndrome in the Workplace," held in the John S. and Marlene J. Brinzo Center for Entrepreneurship in Crawford Hall. One in three American workers — 33...