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Fall 2025 Emeriti Lecture: “Kicking the Prow: Reflections on a Life in Conversation with Past and Present People and Other Creatures”
Featuring UCSC Professor Emerita Diane Gifford-Gonzalez
Horse teeth hold historical clues about military power and trade in Western Africa
Undergraduate Elyse Venerable won the Chancellor’s Award and Dean’s Award for her research using strontium isotope analysis to uncover the origins of Oyo Empire war horses.
Anthropology professor emerita recognized for extraordinary continuing contributions to the university
Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, one the foremost authorities in zooarchaeology, recently received the Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award.
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