April’s Centennial events are inspired by National Food Month and National Garden Month and are centered around the theme of the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. “Up in Smoke: The History of Barbecue with Host Steven Raichlen” is the opening event on Thursday evening, April 23. On Friday afternoon, April 24, “The Human Appetite: A Symposium on Food and Anthropology.” The symposium features Associate Professors Maribel Alvarez, Mamadou Baro, and Ivy Pike; recent graduate Ashley Stinnett (Ph.D. Arizona, 2014); and graduate students Victoria Moses and Amanda Hilton.
 
Details about the lecture and symposium, as well as several exciting outdoor events on Saturday, April 25, are availablehere.
 
Also in April: Are you attending this year’s Society for American Archaeology annual meeting in San Francisco? On Friday, April 17, the University of Arizona Press will host a reception in honor of the School of Anthropology’s Centennial at 3:00 p.m. in their booth at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. We look forward to seeing everyone there! (Original Digest publication date: 4/3/15)