MSU’s Department of Anthropology has been ranked #1 in the United States by Public Anthropology’s Public Outreach Assessment Project. Rankings were based on the number and nature of programs focusing on public issues and public outreach that were associated with a department, the degree to which department faculty members engaged in public outreach activities, the nature of the activities engaged in, and the degree to which faculty members were cited in prominent printed media related to their activities. A total of 394 schools were included in the sample. See the project report on the Public Anthropology Web site.