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Recent News & Lab Highlights
Recent News & Lab Highlights
PUBLICATION – 2026
New Research on Quantifying Dung Spherulites in Journal of Archaeological Science | Graduate researcher Ellie Stankiewicz (MSc, ENVS) and Dr. Elise Laugier developed and tested methods for reliably quantifying dung spherulites, microscopic indicators widely used to study past animal management and human activity.
STUDENT HIGHLIGHT – 2026
Syndee Jensen (MSc, ENVS) Wins Best Poster Award | Syndee received an award for best Graduate Social Science & Education Poster for her research on "The Impact of AI Data Centers in the Arid West" at USU's Spring 2026 Student Research Symposium.
PODCAST – 2026
A Record of What Has Been Lost with Elise Laugier | Dr. Elise Laugier joins AmericaView’s Spatial Signals Podcast to discuss how historical aerial imagery and remote sensing can reveal decades of landscape and environmental change.
IN THE NEWS – 2026
Ancient Lessons of Empire (Andrew Wilkinson, Kurdistan Chronicle) | Highlights the Qach Rresh Excavation Project and research investigating rural life, agriculture, and landscapes during the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
IN THE NEWS –2025
2025 Dana Grant Report: Developing an Accessible Digital Ceramic Typology for the Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey (EPAS) (Elise Laugier, ASOR Newsletter) | Highlights ongoing work with the Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey to develop an accessible digital ceramic typology supporting archaeological research, training, and collaboration in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Previous News/Highlights
Previous News/Highlights
Dig Sheds New Light on Grain Cultivation in Mesopotamia
Dung-rich sediment provides definitive evidence of millet in the region's farming systems.
No Boundaries: 25 Women Explorers and Scientists Share Adventures, Inspiration, & Advice
Check it out! Elise Laugier was featured in a National Geographic kids book (ages 10+) called "No Boundaries: 25 Women Explorers and Scientists Share Adventures, Inspiration, & Advice." The book features the stories of 25 inspiring #womeninstem & #NatGeoExplorers from around the world! #NoBoundariesBook
Elise was featured as a Remote Sensing specialist. It also features inspiring women specializing in #ecology #astronomy #glaciology #environmentalactivism #anthropology #bioengineering #marinebiology & many more!
The book is BEAUTIFUL. Released, Feb 1, 2022. You can buy it on Amazon (https://bit.ly/noboundariesexplore) or through the local DC book shop Politics and Prose (https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781426371769)
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