Happy New Year 2024!
The Center for Big Bend Studies is so grateful for the support we received in 2023 and the amazing partnerships that we have cultivated. There are some really exciting things on the horizon in 2024 and […]
CBBS Director Dr. Bryon Schroeder received SRSU Outstanding Scholar Award 2022-2023
We are thrilled to share that Center for Big Bend Studies Director, Bryon Schroeder, has been selected as the recipient of the Sul Ross State University Outstanding Scholar Award for 2022—2023. We are so […]
CBBS 29th Annual Conference Agenda
The 29th annual Center for Big Bend Studies conference is right around the corner on November 10-11, 2023. We have a fantastic conference planned with over 30 presenters, including talks from Sul Ross students, faculty, historians, […]
CBBS Banquet Keynote Speaker
The Center for Big Bend Studies (CBBS) at Sul Ross State University in Alpine will hold its 29th annual conference Nov. 10-11 in Alpine. Online registration is now available. This year’s keynote speaker, Dr. Matthew R. Bennett, […]
Odyssey and CBBS Partnership
“The partnership between CBBS and Odyssey will continue indefinitely,” said Mandel. “This collaboration is an opportunity to bring together faculty, researchers, and students from Sul Ross State University and the University of Kansas to study archaeological […]
CBBS Research in the NEW YORKER!!!
The Center for Big Bend Studies Director, Dr. Bryon Schroeder’s research at Spirit Eye Cave was featured in the New Yorker!! The article, “The Bodies in the Cave” was written by Rachel Monroe, and the art is illustrated by Marco Quadri, was published October 3, 2022.
Months of sleuthing, difficult conversations, […]
28th Annual CBBS Conference Registration is OPEN
The conference schedule is now up! This year’s conference is November 11-12, 2022 on Sul Ross State University campus at the Morgan University Center. The conference brings together historians, archaeologists, folklorists and other researchers studying the past and present of the Big Bend region and northern Mexico. The silent […]
Genevieve Lykes Duncan Site: The Hunt for the Big Bend’s Earliest People – NATURE NOTES
We have been working hard this summer at the Genevieve Lykes Duncan site looking for evidence of early Paleoindian occupation. Drew Stuart with Marfa Public Radio’s Nature Notes joined us on Memorial Day to learn about what […]
Call for Papers!! 28th Annual CBBS Conference, November 11-12, 2022
We are happy to announce that we are accepting submissions for our 2022 Annual Conference!! The Conference is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12. We […]
Call for Volunteers at GLD!! May 16 through June 6, 2022
Call for VOLUNTEERS!
We need volunteers to help us excavate and water screen at the Genevieve Lykes Duncan site in Brewster County, May 16 […]