News
Updates from the HEVA Lab — fieldwork, publications, awards, and community outreach.
2024
Keppeler awarded Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
April, 2024PhD candidate James Keppeler received a Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant for “Unearthing Mindanao,” supporting his fieldwork in the Philippines.
Qiu wins first place at the 2024 Central Kentucky Regional Science & Engineering Fair
March, 2024Maggie Qiu won first place in the Systems Software category at the 2024 Central Kentucky Regional Science & Engineering Fair for her HEVA project on 3D cranial CT segmentation.
2023
Keppeler presents Mindanao pilot excavations at UK Anthropology Brown Bag
November, 2023HEVA member James Keppeler presented “Schools and Caves: Three Pilot Field School Excavations in Mindanao, Philippines” at the University of Kentucky Department of Anthropology Brown Bag series on November 10, 2023.
UK-SPUS Archaeology Field School
August, 2023HEVA members joined the 2023 UK–St. Paul University Surigao Archaeology Field School in Surigao del Norte, Philippines, directed by Dr. Hugo Reyes-Centeno.
Athié Teruel and Rodriguez graduate from UK!
May, 2023HEVA members Bruno Athié Teruel and Marcus Rodriguez graduated from the University of Kentucky.
Athié Teruel receives Diachun Scholar Award at Commencement
May, 2023Bruno Athié Teruel received the prestigious Diachun Scholar Award at UK’s 2023 Honors Ceremony.
Reyes-Centeno named to inaugural UKinSPIRE cohort
May, 2023Dr. Hugo Reyes-Centeno was selected for UK’s inaugural UKinSPIRE cohort for his project “Resolving the Austronesian Problem.”
HEVA members survey Lexington's African Cemetery No. 2 with GPR and magnetometry
May, 2023HEVA members Samuel Koontz, Marcus Rodriguez, and James Keppeler joined a ground-penetrating radar and magnetometry survey of African Cemetery No. 2 in Lexington — a National Register burial ground where most graves are unmarked.
HEVA members document Old Georgetown Cemetery with geophysics and 3D scanning
May, 2023HEVA members Samuel Koontz, Marcus Rodriguez, and James Keppeler took part in a Wenner-Gren–funded survey of Old Georgetown Cemetery in Scott County, pairing subsurface geophysics with digital documentation of surviving headstones.
Athié Teruel, Benitez, Plemons present at the 2023 AABA Annual Meeting
May, 2023HEVA members Bruno Athié Teruel, Daniel Benitez, and Dr. Amber Plemons presented their research at the 2023 American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) Annual Meeting, held between 19-22 April in person in Reno, Nevada.
