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Grant Awarded

Prof. Matthew Lauer and several collaborators have secured a 3-year (2008-2011), 650K grant from the NSF Human and Social Dynamics Program to assess the resilience and vulnerability of local communities in the western Solomon Islands to a recent earthquake/tsunami. See the project website for more information.

Tim (left) with field assistant taking measurements of aye aye deadwood feeding traces

Grant Awarded

Tim Sefczek, MA Candidate, was awarded a Young Explorer's Grant in the amount of $4000 from the National Geographic Society for his thesis research titled "Predicting Seasonal Locals of Daubentonia madagascariensis in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar."

New Book

The Chumash World at European Contact Power,
Trade, and Feasting Among
Complex Hunter-Gatherers
By Dr. Lynn Gamble
Published by University of California Press