News about students and alumni

2007 was a quiet year with a significant downward blip in the number of graduating seniors. But things revert to a more normal pattern in 2007-2008, when the department has 11 rising seniors and 11 rising juniors who have declared majors in either Sociology or Anthropology.

Emily Button '07 was this year's winner of the James Orton Prize in Anthropology. This was one of several trips to the platform that Emily made during the Baccalaureate Service: She was also awarded the Class of 1945 Florence Chandler Fellowship and the Charles Bridgen Lansing Class of 1829 Fellowship in Latin and Greek from the Classics Department.

Speaking of James Orton, Orton's most famous book, The Andes and the Amazon, originally published in 1870, is now accessible full-text at the website of the Gutenberg Project. Check it out: it's surprisingly good reading.

Random tidbits about alums: Natalie Bump '04 is beginning a joint JD/PhD program in law and anthropology at Northwestern. Elsewhere in the midwest, Jess Robbins '01 has been admitted to PhD candidacy in Anthropology at the University of Michigan and expects to commence fieldwork in Poland sometime next year. Freeden Oeur '03 has completed his MA in Sociology at Berkeley and is now preparing for his doctoral qualifying exams. He continues to develop his interest in the sociology of education, which he expects will shape his dissertation farther down the PhD road.

News about the activities of ANSO alums--including those of you who pursuing non-academic careers--is always welcome!