Contact:	Veronica Arias or Christy Doherty, 277-4524 Michael Padilla, 277-1816
April 1, 2002 UNM GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM SET FOR APRIL 5-6; KEYNOTE ADDRESS SET FOR APRIL 4 The University of New Mexico’s annual graduate student symposium on April 5 is scheduled for noon to 4:30 p.m., and April 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Dane Smith Hall room 125. The event is sponsored by the Anthropology Graduate Student Union, but participants come from a wide range of UNM departments. The symposium offers an opportunity for students and community members to increase awareness of relevant issues from a variety of viewpoints. Presentations include graduate student research on verbal and nonverbal forms of communication, small group dynamics, the archaeology and biology of the people of the Americas, the mixture of economics and behavior in different societies, and perspectives on group organization from several cultures, among other topics. The keynote address given by Dr. C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, the Stephen Phillips Professor of Archeology at Harvard University, will be held Thursday, April 4 at 7 p.m. in the Anthropology Building 163. Participation is open to all graduate students at UNM, regardless of department, and attendance is expected to range from 70-100 people including students, faculty, and community members. The symposium is free and open to the public. For further information on this event, contact Veronica Arias at 277-4524 or Patrick Staib at 256-9534. ###

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