Asst. Prof. Maria Nieves Colón talks about the early history of the Caribbean and colonial impacts in the PBS documentary episode "Echoes of Empires" in VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos. The episode is available online through Oct 25. pbs.org/video/echoes-o…

¡AL AIRE! Hoy la Dra. Dr. Maria A Nieves-Colón nos habla sobre su investigación que desafía a los libros de historia. La genética y la antropología se unen en favor de la justicia. 📻En el 104.3 FM Radio Universidad de Guadalajara 🛜udgtv.com/radioudg/guada… Anabel Casillas Ricardo Azael López Fabián Cázares

#DestelloUltravioleta La Dra. Dr. Maria A Nieves-Colón le ha devuelto dignidad a la historia de las comunidades del Caribe gracias a su trayectoria científica. Escucha los detalles en Radio Universidad de Guadalajara Anabel Casillas Azael López Ricardo Fabián Cázares

The initial application deadline is November 3, 2024! We are looking for someone whose research focuses on human evolutionary genetics, including human origins, migration, adaptation and variation.

Siempre dura en el análisis Yarimar Bonilla 👩🏾‍💻 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2024/10/31/opi…

IMPORTANTE: Cambio en las instrucciones de votación a dos días de las elecciones generales y cuando ya miles de personas emitieron su voto adelantado.

Riéndome hasta el final cuando se muestra lo que ha pasado nuestro pueblo 😡😢Sal a votar Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷💪🏽🔥 #PuertoRico De La Nada! De La Nada- Votos Unidos (Puedes Votar) youtu.be/o3pz5bcv01c?si… via YouTube

The ruling party in Puerto Rico, the pro-statehood PNP, has sought and received a court order for early vote counting to continue even when there is no representation from each political party at the table, contrary to what’s been the norm here to guarantee a fair election.

Bien pompeá de ver lo que está pasando en mi isla 🥲👏🏽🔥💪🏽🇵🇷🗳️ A votar puñeta!!! 💚 nytimes.com/2024/10/31/us/…

Para los que se sientan desanimados esta mañana (como yo), una cita que me envió una amiga. Habrá mucho trabajo por hacer, independientemente de la ideología política que uno tenga. Pero esa parte no ha cambiado.

Gracias co-equipers Bernardo Yañez Gonzalo Figueiro y a las personas que contribuyeron al dossier Dr. Diego Ballestero Gaby Russo Francisco Di Fabio Rocca Dr. Maria A Nieves-Colón (entre otros) fue realmente un gustazo organizar este volumen para profundizar las reflexiones sobre la bioantropologia latinoamericana 1/2

1/ Human genetics has traditionally been framed and studied using approaches that assume discrete, unchanging clusters such as continental groups🗺️. But what if this oversimplifies complex genetic relationships and co-produces racial frameworks?🤔

Kicking off the new year, our paper by Leo Speidel et al. is out describing what to me is a breakthrough in ancient genomics. By using genealogies to study ancestry we can get much more resolution to study finer-scale history. We call this method Twigstats.

I did a recent QandA interview with the features editors at Current Biology about It is now published 👇 🤓authors.elsevier.com/a/1kOXg_LsQSQE…

Get to know our newest CFI faculty member, Dr. Maria A Nieves-Colón, through this insightful Q&A! Learn more about her groundbreaking research on genomics and its role in investigating human evolutionary history. Highly recommend checking it out!

Puerto Rico’s new natural resources chief has shelved an investigation into allegations of illegal construction in a protected area on the island’s southwest coast, sparking an outcry apnews.com/article/puerto…

ELSIconversations returns on Jan 31 at 12pm ET. We will discuss "Defining Benefit in Genomics Research" — in the first of a two part series in partnership with the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH). Join the conversation: ow.ly/JEcf50UI7kH

Super excited to be at #AABA2025! Our lab’s contributions this yr are about aDNA, modern genomics and community engagement 🧬💀🤝. All scheduled for Saturday 🗓️ and featuring work by stellar trainees 🧑‍🔬 ! Come nerd out with us AABA 🤓 UMN Anthropology

"The attack on Columbia is a radical threat to scholarly excellence and to America’s leadership in research. Universities and their leaders should speak up and litigate forcefully to protect their rights." — President Eisgruber writes in @theatlantic. bit.ly/4iDZ2Fx

Join us in the Twin Cities this August!