Friday January 25, 5 pm IUN Library Conference Center, Room 110:
"Comparing Traditional Medicine in Two Cultures - Amazonia and South
East Asia." a presentation by Dr Mary Riley.
How do people in different cultures think about illness,
suitable medicines, and treatments for illnesses? Dr Riley will discuss
the medical beliefs and practices (including the use of medicinal
plants) of two cultures she has done ethnographic field work in, the
Makushi Amerindians in Guyana and the Lao Loum in Laos, as well as more
general questions about symbolic systems and religion, since there are
religious beliefs that go hand-in-hand with ideas about medicine in both
cultures. Dr Riley has a PhD from Tulane University, and has two fields
of research: medical anthropology and urban anthropology; she is
presently Assistant Professor and Director of the Urban Studies
Program at the College of St. Joseph in Whiting.
Event is free and open to the public; pizza and soda will be provided
after the talk, and followed by a discussion/question and answer
session. There will be an Anthropology Club meeting in the same room at
4 pm. Club meetings are informal gatherings, so it is fine to just stop by
for a few minutes. Meetings are open to all, new members are welcome, there are
no dues.

IUN's Darwin Day: On Wed February 13 we will again celebrate Darwin's
Birthday with an event, this time featuring a presentation by Charles Darwin
himself entitled "Tea with Charles Darwin". John Wagner of the Field
Museum will be the featured speaker, dressed as and speaking as Charles
Darwin; the event starts at 1 pm, tea and cake (and soda) will be served at
2 pm, and the second part of the talk begins at 2:30. We will have Darwin
items for sale, and new T-shirts commemorating the event.

The next month we will have a talk on Gary's historic Palace theater.

And of course we will have the big used book sale again.

AND THE WINNER IS: Justice Cochran of Crown Point (of the first IUN
Anthro Club scholarship)

Free Events at Butler University, Indianapolis, all at 7:30 EST:
Wed Jan 23, Phil Deloria, Native American historian,
Monday Feb 4, Jared Diamond, anthropologist/biologist,
(we have a bus from IUN for the Diamond talk, email me if you want a seat)
Tuesday Feb 26, Michael Ruse, Darwin Scholar,
Tuesday March 5, Joy Harjo, Native American poet,
Tuesday April 16, Vine Deloria, Native American historian.
call for more info: 317-940-9861 or visit www.butler.edu

at IUBloomington: 2002 Neal-Marshall Lecture: Wednesday, February 6,
2002 12:30 p.m. SPEA Atrium
"Our guest this year will be the Honorable Harvey Johnson, Jr., the Mayor of
Jackson, Mississippi. Johnson, now in his second term, is the
first African American to serve as Mayor of the city of Jackson. We are
honored that he will be here at SPEA to help us celebrate Black
History Month in February."

at Notre Dame:Rosina Hassoun, Michigan State University
Arab Americans Caught between Genes, Jeans, and Fava Beans
Wednesday, January 23, 2002 4:00 PM
119 O'Shaughnessy Hall
University of Notre Dame
Dr. Rosina Hassoun will be speaking on health, genetic factors, and
the process of acculturation in Arab American populations. Dr.
Hassoun is a biological and medical anthropologist interested in the
biological diversity and health patterns of village agriculturalists
adjusting to urban environments. She will focus on her research in
Metropolitan Detroit and Cleveland. She will also provide some new
information on the of September 11th on these communities.
for more info contact: Diane Pribbernow, Administrative Assistant
Department of Anthropology 574-631-5547/574-631-6433
email to: Diane.M.Pribbernow.1@nd.edu

Summer opportunity: Notre Dame has a National Science Foundation Grant
that allows them to give fellowships to undergraduate and graduate students
in their summer biocultural anthropology program May 28 thru July 6. Yes, they
pay you $1200 and cover all expenses. For more info visit their web site at
http://www.nd.edu/~stephens/ .

>From Rebecca Torstrick at IUSB, about events at the SB Potawatomi Zoo:
"The Roots and Shoots program is the Jane Goodall Institute's
environmental and humanitarian program for young people. The training
for this program is Saturday February 2, 12:30-3:30 at the zoo. If
you are interested in attending this training, let me know ASAP.
In addition, the zoo will be participating in the Goodall "Chimpanzoo"
program. (See the following website for more information on this
program: http://chimpanzoo.arizona.edu/ ) Training to work with this
program will be Wednesday, February 20 from 7-8 pm at the zoo.
Chimpanzoo's mission is to apply uniform research methods to learn
more about chimpanzees and their psychological and behavioral
responses to a captive environment. If you want to gain experience
doing research on primates, this is an opportunity you will not want
to miss." contact Rebecca at rtorstri@iusb.edu

Clarke Johnson is back teaching at IUN after his illness.

Chuck Paine, former IUN anthro student (and Suze Littlefox Wright's son in
law) underwent an emergency total hip replacement Jan 7 at St. Mary's
hospital in Evansville. His home addy is 1516 S. Norman, Evansville, IN
47715. phone: 812-475-1701

check out www.theearthkeepers.com

Bob Mucci
Coordinator and Associate Professor of Anthropology
Indiana University Northwest
3400 Broadway, Gary IN 46408
Tel 219-980-6607
http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw/
"Education, not slogans, is our motto"