Alemseged Lab

2024 OBA Service Event

2024 OBA Service Event

A few of our lab members were available this year to participate again with UChicago’s Integrative Biology’s committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) at the Chicago Food Depository. Austin and Maddie worked with others from our OBA...
2023 South Side Science Festival

2023 South Side Science Festival

Alemseged Lab members Maddie Kelly, Hannah Farrell, Yared Reda, and new postdoc Austin Lawrence kicked off the autumn quarter on September 30, 2023, by presenting on all things human evolution at UChicago’s second annual South Side Science Festival. This year,...
NASA names discovered satellite “Selam”

NASA names discovered satellite “Selam”

Erin Morton at the NASA blog recently published an article detailing a newly discovered satellite, stating that “the International Astronomical Union approved the name “Selam” or ሰላም, which means “peace” in the Ethiopian language Amharic, for Dinkinesh’s...
Phoenix STEM Tour

Phoenix STEM Tour

Our lab was asked to provide a tour for the incoming undergraduate cohort of Phoenix STEM students. The students are particularly interested in biological sciences, hoping to engage in research early in their education. Zeray introduced his work and summarized the...
2023 AABA in Reno

2023 AABA in Reno

The Alemseged team attended the 92nd Annual Meeting of American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) in Reno, Nevada to present their on-going work. During the special symposium titled “A Session to Honor the Legacy of Bill Kimbel”, Zeray...
2023 EYH Event

2023 EYH Event

In a collaborative effort, our lab teamed up with Emily of the Shubin Lab to run a workshop at Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Chicago titled “Can You Dig It? Fossil Finding 101”. (In case you missed it, read how we were first preparing some of our workshop...
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