Many Women Have an Intense Fear of Childbirth, Survey Suggests | Many Women Have an Intense Fear of Childbirth, Survey Suggests | | https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/health/childbirth-fear-women.html | | 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z | | The New York Times | Some level of apprehension about childbirth is universal. It may be an adaptive behavior favored by evolution that prompts women to seek out assistance and emotional support during labor, said Karen Rosenberg, professor of anthropology at University of Delaware. | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=2150 | |
Tupperware is in financial trouble. But Philly area folks show love for the venerable food-storage system. | Tupperware is in financial trouble. But Philly area folks show love for the venerable food-storage system. | | https://www.inquirer.com/news/tupperware-party-finance-food-containers-burp-seal-20230417.html | | 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z | | The Philadelphia Inquierer | Neri de Kramer, Anthropology, said that while Tupperware might be thick and very sturdy, we live in a throwaway culture and people like to refresh their kitchens frequently. “An item that lasts a lifetime may not be as attractive to today’s consumers," she said. | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=2135 | |
Biden signs Indigenous People's Day proclamation, Delaware not a state observer | Biden signs Indigenous People's Day proclamation, Delaware not a state observer | | https://www.delawarepublic.org/delaware-headlines/2022-10-10/biden-signs-indigenous-peoples-day-proclamation-delaware-not-a-state-observer | | 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z | | Delaware Public Media | Some states have not yet adopted recognizing Indigenous People’s Day rather than Columbus Day. The tension between the two remains a source of controversy, but anthropology professor Jay Custer said a presidential proclamation would not have been possible 20 years ago. “Everything we think we know is conditioned by the fact that there was an awful thing in the past," he said. | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=2050 | |
How Does a Conference Help Anthropology Matter? | How Does a Conference Help Anthropology Matter? | | https://anthrocareerready.net/how-does-a-conference-help-anthropology-matter/ | | 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z | | Career Readiness Commission | Carla Carla Guerrón Montero, professor of anthropology, blogs about the importantce of professional conferences for students and faculty. | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=2044 | |
Back to Basics | Back to Basics | | https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2021/12/back-to-basics-2/?fbclid=IwAR2ll_LkYBe4DxY8PSq-IOpAwxsNSE42JNYk5PDfeBJITMafN8dhI193uOA | | 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z | | Altoona Mirror | Emeritus Associate Professor of Anthropology Peter M. Weil discusses the appeal of collecting typewriters in the digital age. | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1809 | |
Chihuahuan Desert Neolithic: Integrating Farming and Foraging in the Prehistoric Past | Chihuahuan Desert Neolithic: Integrating Farming and Foraging in the Prehistoric Past | | https://www.npr.org/podcasts/476793245/nature-notes | | 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z | | NPR: Nature Notes | "Nature Notes" listeners discover the natural world of the
Llano Estacado and the Chihuahuan Desert. In this episode exploring the recent dating of fossilized human footprints fround in White Sands National Park, Thomas Rocek comments on a recently edited book. | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1808 | |
9/11 brought Americans together. Why is the pandemic tearing them apart? | 9/11 brought Americans together. Why is the pandemic tearing them apart? | | https://www.salon.com/2021/09/10/911-brought-americans-together-why-is-the-pandemic-tearing-them-apart/ | | 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z | | Salon.com | "There was really in a lot of ways, a key date and a key location that people could really focus on and kind of coalesce around," said Jennifer Trivedi, anthropology and faculty with the Disaster Research Center. "It is really hard to have a very visible, come together moment around something that's, in some ways, so scattered." | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1938 | |
UD Participation in 2019 Gretchen Hupfel Symposium | UD Participation in 2019 Gretchen Hupfel Symposium | | http://mms.tveyes.com/MediaView/?c3RhdGlvbj03NjUwJlN0YXJ0RGF0ZVRpbWU9MDQlMmYxNCUyZjIwMTkrMTQlM2EzOSUzYTE1JkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTA0JTJmMTQlMmYyMDE5KzE0JTNhNDAlM2EyMCYmJmR1cmF0aW9uPTMwMjQ0NSZwYXJ0bmVyaWQ9NzMxMyYmaGlnaGxpZ2h0cmVnZXg9JTVjYlVuaXZlcnNpdHkrb2YrRGVsYX | | 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z | | WDDE | Carla Guerron Montero, Anthropology, and Priscilla Smith, Art and Design, are mentioned as upcoming participants in panel discussions that will take place as part of the 2019 Gretchen Hupfel Symposium at The Delaware Contemporary. | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1561 | |
Evolutionarily, grandmas are good for grandkids — up to a point | Evolutionarily, grandmas are good for grandkids — up to a point | | https://www.sciencenews.org/article/grandmothers-survival-evolution | | 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z | | Science News | Melissa Melby, Anthropology, is quoted. | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1487 | |
The Apostrophe Catastrophe: Its You're Smartphones Fault | The Apostrophe Catastrophe: Its You're Smartphones Fault | | https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-apostrophe-catastrophe-its-youre-smartphones-fault-1512403413?mod=vocus&tesla=y | | 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z | | The Wall Street Journal | Peter Weil, Anthropology, says the mark was deemed important enough to appear on the first commercially successful typewriter, the Sholes and Glidden, in the 1870s. | https://www.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1268 | |