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    How Wild Boars Became Pigs: Clues from Ancient Teeth

    Yiyi Tang, a PhD student in the ecology, evolution, environment, and society (EEES) program, is a co-author of a new study revealing that pigs were first domesticated in South China around 8,000 years ago. The research shows that early pigs scavenged human food and waste, offering the earliest direct evidence of a close human-animal relationship that sparked the domestication process. Read more.

  • Jacob Chalif '21, Guarini, (left) and Erich Osterberg, professor of earth sciences

    Study Challenges Climate Link to Jet Stream Changes

    Jacob Chalif ’21, a Guarini student in Erich Osterberg’s Ice, Climate, and Environment Lab, is lead author on a new study showing that the polar jet stream's recent waviness isn’t unprecedented. Using machine learning and 125 years of data, the team found similar patterns well before climate change became a major factor. Trevor Partridge, Guarini ’21, is also a co-author of the study. Read more.

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    Bringing Latiné Perspectives to Biological Anthropology

    Margarita (Maggie) Hernandez is a postdoc in the anthropology department researching how immigration history, political stress, and social support are biologically embodied in Latiné communities. Her community-based research explores how both positive and negative social experiences influence biological aging and contribute to health disparities. Read more.

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    Using AI to Ease Clinician Burden

    Guarini PhD students Joseph Gatto and Parker Seegmiller, both in the computer science department, are part of the interdisciplinary team behind PortalPal, a new AI tool that helps health care providers prioritize and respond to patient portal messages more efficiently. Read more.

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    Galactic Discovery Sheds Light on Dark Matter

    Laura Hunter, a postdoct the physics and sstronomy department, led a major new study that identified 355 candidate satellite galaxies orbiting dwarf galaxies. Guarini graduate student Emmanuel Durodola also co-authored the study, which offers fresh insights into galaxy formation and the role of dark matter. Read more.

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