Anthropology highlights

2/21/2023

Student sitting at table

AU Anthropology Society (AAS) students celebrated Global Anthropology Day with a table display in the Melton Student Center in February 2023.

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CSI Auburn student volunteers engage school children at Hugeley Elementary School in November 2022.

Kids standing around a table

Hugeley Elementary School students learned about forensics at CSI Auburn.

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