Biological Anthropology

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<p>What are UPenn’s strengths and weaknesses in this subfield?</p>

[45_Percenter]

<p>Good timing–here’s one of the strengths:</p>

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**White House recognizes young Penn professor</p>

<p>By Julie Xie · September 26, 2011, 10:01 pm**</p>

<p>Anthropology professor Claudia Valeggia was honored by President Barack Obama Sept. 26 with an award considered the highest honor for young researchers.</p>

<p>The Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers is given annually by the United States government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their careers.</p>

<p>The 94 recipients were selected based on their innovative research projects and their commitment to community service in the sciences. Their projects show promise for “assuring America’s preeminence in science and engineering,” according to a Sept. 26 White House press release.</p>

<p>“I was speechless,” Valeggia said, upon finding out the news. “It’s such a great honor, and it’s such a big push for my research.”</p>

<p>Her work— which was awarded a five-year National Science Foundation grant last year — studies the biological and cultural variables that affect the lives of Argentinian women as they transition from infancy to puberty and menopause. </p>

<p>Valeggia has been teaching at Penn since 2005. She is currently teaching Anthropology 104 , “Sex and Human Nature,” alongside her husband, assistant professor in Anthropology Eduardo Fernandez-Duque.</p>

<p>She was promoted to associate professor and received tenure last spring.</p>

<p>“We’re very excited about the award. It’s very well-deserved as [Valeggia] is a top scholar,” Anthropology professor and department chairman Robert Preucel said.

[Daily</a> Pennsylvanian :: White House recognizes young Penn professor](<a href=“http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/09/white_house_recognizes_young_penn_professor]Daily”>White House recognizes young Penn professor | The Daily Pennsylvanian)</p>

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<p>Wow I guess the program must be pretty good with top professors like that.</p>

[45_Percenter]

<p>^ Yep. Penn’s Anthropology Department has long been one of the best, across all of its subfields, as stated on the Penn web site:</p>

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Penn takes a “four-field” approach to the study of anthropology, emphasizing the integration of these four subdisciplines. The major strength of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania is its high quality across all four fields: Archaeology, Cultural, Linguistic, and Physical.

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<p>If you haven’t already done so, be sure to fully explore the Anthropology Department web site:</p>

<p>[Department</a> of Anthropology | university of pennsylvania](<a href=“http://www.sas.upenn.edu/anthropology/]Department”>Department of Anthropology |)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info. UPenn is definitely staying on my list.</p>