AMHERST, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Anthony Tuck Appointed Inaugural Caroline H. Horvitz Professor in Mediterranean Archaeology * The College of Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA) has appointed Anthony Tuck, professor of classics and associate dean for faculty and academic affairs, as the inaugural Caroline H. Horvitz Professor in Mediterranean Archaeology. The appointment is made possible by a $1.5 million gift from Jeffrey Horvitz to endow the professorship in memory of his lat more PR

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Sept. 9 -- The University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus posted the following news: * * * Anthropologist studying history of alcohol awarded rare, multi-country Fulbright * By Matthew Cimitile, University Communications and Marketing The archaeological record shows that for as long as people have gathered in cities or conducted religious ceremonies, alcohol was present to promote social bonding. Several years back, USF anthropologist John W. Arthur wrote a book tracing the history of beer going back nearly more PR

CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 8 -- Cardiff University posted the following news: * * * Bear baiting became more common following Norman invasion * Bear baiting in England became more popular after the Norman Conquest in 1066, new research shows. The study by Cardiff University and the University of Nottingham brings together archaeological analysis of bear bones and archival records to show the prevalence of the animals in England and northern France during medieval times. It has long been known that bear baitings - the act of setting dogs on tet more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, Sept. 12 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Digging into history: Archeology student investigates World War II internment camp Madison Cardiel worked this summer at Amache National Historic Site under the Institute for Field Research By Harry Adler '28 September 11, 2026 As a Binghamton University anthropology student with a focus on archeology, Madison Cardiel put some of what she learned into action this summer at the Amache National Historic Site, a former World War II Japanese internment ca more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Capital Research Center issued the following excerpts of a report: * * * Enemies of Energy: Subsidy mythology After more than three decades of outsized federal subsidies that were supposed to turn wind and solar into the fuels of our future, they are still unable to rival the output of an energy option that has existed since we first harnessed fire 400,000 years ago. By Ken Braun Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the "Myths and Misconceptions" section of Enemies of Energy, a research repor more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 9 -- City St George, University of London issued the following news: * * * Professor Robert Wood FREng receives the Distinguished STEM Alumni Award 2026 In a wide-ranging interview with City St George's News, Professor Wood shares insights into his career in the field of tribology and the pressing issues facing STEM in the UK today. - On Wednesday 28 October, 2026, the School of Science & Technology at City St George's, University of London will honour four of its most outstanding alumni at its fifth, annual STEM Alu more PR

SAN BERNARDINO, California, Sept. 11 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: * * * CSUSB Egyptologists share Wadi el-Hudi research across Australia As the 2026 Gale Egyptology Fellows, Cal State San Bernardino Egyptologists Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer introduced scholars, students and public audiences to ancient Egyptian archaeology during a lecture tour in Australia. Published September 10, 2026 CSUSB Egyptologists Kate Liszka and Bryan Kraemer brought the university's archaeological research to i more PR

SAN BERNARDINO, California, Sept. 11 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: * * * CSUSB professor Stuart Sumida speaks out in Bears Ears National Monument lawsuit Stuart Sumida, in his capacity as president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, says the organization's lawsuit seeks to protect Bears Ears' fossil resources, cultural sites and tribal connections. Published September 10, 2026 Stuart Sumida, a Cal State San Bernardino biology professor and president of the Society of Vertebrate Pale more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 8 [Category: Arts/Cultural] -- The Minnesota Historical Society posted the following news release: * * * Fall is on at the Minnesota Historical Society * ST. PAUL, Minn. (September 8, 2026) - Fall brings vibrant backdrops, cooler temperatures, and plenty of events and experiences at Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) historic sites! Mark your calendar for our quarterly Free Admission Day on September 19th, and be sure to keep an eye on our calendar for new events. Minnesota History Center, St. Paul Free Thursda more PR

NASINU, Fiji, Sept. 9 -- Fiji National University issued the following news: * * * FNU and Ministry of Multi-Ethnic Affairs, Culture, Heritage and Arts Discuss Ways to Empower Education Through Culture "Our culture, language, heritage and traditional knowledge should not only be something we preserve; they should also be part of how we educate, conduct research and contribute to national development." This was the message shared by Assistant Professor Dr Varanisese Tagimaucia, Head of the School of Education at the Fiji National University' more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSFR) -- The Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia, intends to repatriate four unassociated funerary objects to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The objects are three stone pipes and one fossilized coral pipe. Two stone pipes and the coral pipe were removed from Asheville, North Carolina, while another stone pipe came from Frazer Farm in Frazier Bottom, West Virginia. John J. Adams, an avocational archaeologist, collecte more PR

PARIS, France, Sept. 11 -- The International Council of Museums issued the following news: * * * ICOM hosted the Second Expert Meeting of its International Observatory in Paris On 6-7 July 2026, the ICOM Secretariat in Paris hosted the Second Expert Meeting of the ICOM International Observatory on Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods. Organised within the framework of the EU-funded PRISM project, the meeting brought together members of the ICOM network and international experts to continue shaping the future Observatory. ICOM OBSERVATORY, AN O more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 8 -- The Indiana University Indianapolis campus posted the following news: * * * IU Indianapolis alum works with anthropology professor to preserve city's history * In 1821, less than a decade after Indiana's founding, the first plots of what would later become the greater Greenlawn Cemetery were designated for burials. Over the past century, the land has gone through various phases of redevelopment -from a baseball field to a tram depot to the Diamond Chain factory. Graves were disturbed in the process, and lit more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 12 -- La Trobe University issued the following news release: * * * First Wurruwila Wutja Research Fellow appointed La Trobe University has appointed leading Wiradjuri archaeologist Dr Kellie Pollard as its inaugural Wurruwila Wutja Research Fellow, marking a significant milestone in the University's commitment to advancing Indigenous-led research. Dr Pollard joins La Trobe from Charles Darwin University and will commence in the role on 24 August. Dr Pollard's research brings together Indigenous knowledges and W more PR

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, Sept. 8 -- Leiden University issued the following news: * * * NIOD Director Martijn Eickhoff is the new Cleveringa Professor Martijn Eickhoff, a cultural historian and Director of the Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NIOD), has been appointed the Cleveringa Professor. He will deliver his inaugural lecture on 26 November. Through his work for NIOD, Martijn Eickhoff has proven to be a versatile scholar. For his dissertation, he researched how Dutch archaeologists responded to National Socialist inter more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 9 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news: * * * One college, many paths: Meet the alumni advising CLAS * By Ben Hill From trumpet performance to financial planning; physics to engineering software for NASA; anthropology and classics to petroleum geology; and from English to law. Those are just a few of the professional journeys taken by a group of University of Iowa alumni whose paths all began in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS). As varied as their c more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, intends to repatriate human remains representing 33 Native American individuals and five associated funerary objects to 10 Indian Tribes, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service. The remains and objects were removed from Texas archaeological site 41NU2 in Nueces County by George Woodbury in 1934 and donated to the museum by the Gila Pueblo Archaeological Foundation more PR

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, Sept. 8 -- Middle Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * Public history alumna Tiffany Momon returns to campus as director of MTSU Center for Historic Preservation * MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -Middle Tennessee State University alumna Tiffany Momon is returning to a role she once dreamed about -leading the university's Center for Historic Preservation, or CHP. "It's such a good feeling that it's me, the former graduate assistant, actually working here," said Momon, seated in her Peck Hall office surro more PR

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 5 -- Stockholm University issued the following news: * * * New professors at Stockholm University From the end of May to early September 2026, the vice-chancellor has hired and promoted ten people to professors. - The Vice-Chancellor has decided to hire Anders Winroth as Professor of Medieval History at the Department of History. The following persons have been promoted by the Vice-Chancellor to professors: * Susanne Tienken to Professor of German with a specialisation in Linguistics at the Department of Slavic a more PR

PEMBROKE, North Carolina, Sept. 9 -- The University of North Carolina-Pembroke posted the following news: * * * UNCP Students Unearth Untold Stories at the Library of Congress * As Jacob Worriax carefully turned the pages of archival documents inside the Library of Congress, he realized he was likely among the first people to examine some of the materials in decades. Among thousands of manuscripts documenting American life during the Great Depression, the UNC Pembroke junior kept encountering references to Lumbee folk hero Henry Berry Low more PR

DULUTH, Minnesota, Sept. 12 -- The University of Minnesota Duluth Campus issued the following news: * * * Digging into a growing industry UMD history and anthropology students spent their summer learning about the archaeology of capitalism in an unexpected classroom: the woods behind an old U.S. Steel warehouse in Morgan Park. - Under the guidance of Senior Instructor David Woodward, students taking HIST 3096 (Field Experience in Public History: Archaeology) were looking for traces of the Northland's industrial boom years in this Twin Por more PR

WOLLONGONG, Australia, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wollongong issued the following news release: * * * 190,000-year-old cave reveals how ancient human species lived and adapted September 10, 2026 Story By Kassi Klower UOW researcher's dating work helps to establish the timeline behind one of the longest records of Denisovan occupation - An ancient cave in southwestern China has revealed new evidence about how Denisovans -- an ancient human relative -- lived, survived and adapted over more than 100,000 years. The study, publis more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 9 -- Ohio State University posted the following news: * * * Using helium, astronomers blow certainty into early Big Bang conditions * New observations regarding the composition of distant galaxies reveal insights into the earliest phases of the universe that confirm decades of scientific understanding of the elements and particles produced by the Big Bang, according to a new study. Researchers used data from The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) to measure the amount of helium -the second-most common element in the cos more PR

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Sept. 9 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga Campus posted the following news: * * * UTC students bring overlooked ICA collection works into view in 'Reconsidered Recollections' exhibition * Pam Reeves Macon's Untitled Batik Tapestry (c. 1970). Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections. Works that have spent years, and in some cases decades, out of public view are now on display at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Institute of Contemporary Art through "Reconsidered  more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 9 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Project digitally recreates a buried World War I battlefield By Elise Monsour Puckett Imagine walking through a World War I excavation site -- not wading through mud-filled trenches, but navigating a digital landscape rich with history, artifacts, and human stories. The Applied Research in Immersive Experiences and Simulations (ARIES) team in University Libraries at Virginia Tech created an immersive digital experience that allows researchers and the public to more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 10 -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release: * * * VUB Professor Philippe Claeys receives the Barringer Medal for his research into meteorite impacts Claeys ensured that his VUB laboratory had access to state-of-the-art analytical facilities for isotopic and geochemical research VUB geologist and planetary scientist Philippe Claeys has been awarded the Barringer Medal and Award, a prestigious international honour. Claeys is one of the world's leading researchers into the consequences of s more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 8 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Waterlogged seeds reveal melons' ancient journey * Melons produce many seeds, making the melon shape a traditional symbol of fertility and prosperity in Chinese culture. But the historical debate about how melons made their way to modern tables is as long and twisted as the vines they grow on. A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals newly discovered aspects of melons' ancient history. Based on an anal more PR

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Sept. 12 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news: * * * WCU alumnus awarded for historic preservation work with EBCI Over his more-than-a-decade-long career, Western Carolina University alumnus Beau Carroll, chief archaeologist of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, has helped orchestrate the recovery and protection of thousands of Indigenous peoples' remains, belongings and cultural sites. This year, he and his team's accomplishments saw new and prominent recognition. Carroll was chosen in lat more PR