IFR Celebrates Another Inspiring Cohort of Vera Campbell Scholars
Last month, IFR hosted its annual celebration for the Vera R. Campbell Promise Scholars, a group of outstanding students who took their learning into the field this summer. Our 2025 cohort of scholars traveled to [...]
Celebrate 15 Years of IFR with Us!
Fifteen years, countless field schools, and unforgettable moments in the field ...it’s time to celebrate! To mark IFR’s upcoming 15th anniversary, we’re inviting both current students and alumni to share their memories (and creativity) [...]
Weaving Past and Present in Peru
The IFR is celebrating our inaugural season of the Peru: Cajamarca Ethnoarchaeology Field School led by UCLA’s Dr. Solsiré Cusicanqui. Over the course of 17 days, students traced the threads of Andean history from [...]
Rare Infant Fossils Reveal New Clues About Human Origins
Two-million-year-old baby jaws are reshaping what we thought we knew about early human evolution. A new study published in Nature Communications and co-authored by paleoanthropologist Dr. José Braga, introduces evidence that different early human species [...]
IFR Field School Directors Honored for Excellence in Preservation Education
The Institute for Field Research is proud to celebrate Dr. Michelle Rathgaber and Sarah Shepard of the Arkansas Archeological Survey (ARAS) for receiving Honorable Mention for Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Education at the Preserve [...]
Top Tips for a Successful Field School Application
Field schools are a chance to roll up your sleeves and dive into the world of hands-on research. Whether you’re digging into Bronze Age ruins in Turkey or studying environmental science in the Mediterranean, [...]