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Recently at ISG
- The Coroner’s Silence Finalist for the PROSE Award for Legal Studies and Criminology
The Coroner’s Silence, latest book by Terence Keel ISG Faculty, has been named a finalist for the PROSE Award for Legal Studies and Criminology. - Building Capacity for Robust Pesticide Regulation: Part I – Cumulative Impacts, A Patrick Allard Report
This new report calls for urgent reforms to California’s pesticide regulatory system, including stronger oversight of chemical mixtures and new legislative action to address cumulative health and environmental risks. - UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab Featured in the Daily Bruin
Quincy Peters’ family friend was shot and killed by police in 2008. Fifteen years later, she began working at the UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab – where researchers analyze the autopsies of people who have died in jails or during encounters with law enforcement officers – with the hopes of making legislative change to the policing system.
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Featured Projects
Students in the Human Biology and Society major at UCLA complete an original research project at the intersection of biology and society in just 10 weeks. Students in Winter and Spring 2020 completed this project remotely during the COVID19 pandemic, and finished them during some of the largest protests against police violence in US history. To view their projects, click here.
Spotlight
Avantika Aggarwal, Hanna Boughanem & Saanvi Rai (HBS, ’25)
This Fall’s 108 Capstone projects have showcased remarkable creativity, collaboration, and impact. We are proud to spotlight Avantika Aggarwal, Hanna Boughanem and Saanvi Rai for their stand out project In the Grey Zone: Doctoring Post-Dobbs.