Sandweiss lectures in Peru, U.S., Chile and co-authors studies

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

January 8, 2018 News Archive, Uncategorized

In August, Dan Sandweiss lectured on “El Niño y la arqueología de la costa peruana” at Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo, Lambayeque, Peru and at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. The professor of anthropology and climate studies was an invited participant to an 10 ober workshop on “Collapse! What Collapse? Societal adaptations to abrupt climate changes before global warming,” at the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University, where he spoke on “El Niño and Collapse on the Peruvian Coast.” In late November/early December, Sandweiss was an invited participant at a workshop on “Trayectorias Históricas de larga duración en Sociedades Cazadoras Recolectoras” in Taltal, Chile. There, he delivered a public lecture on “10,000 años del fenómeno El Niño: Clima y cultura en la costa del Pacífico” and a workshop talk on “Cambios climáticos y culturales en la costa peruana en los primeros milenios a.C.” In 2017, Pankaj Agrrawal, Doug Waggle and Sandweiss published “Suicides as a response to adverse market sentiment (1980–2016)” in PLoS ONE. Also, Kevin Jones, Gregory Hodgins and Sandweiss wrote “Radiocarbon Chronometry of Site QJ-280, Quebrada Jaguay, a Terminal Pleistocene to Early Holocene Fishing Site in Southern Peru” that was published in The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. In December, Sandweiss was elected to a three-year term on the Nominating Committee of Section H (Anthropology) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.