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Recently at ISG
- JHI Blog Interviews Danielle Carr About “The Brain Sciences and Intellectual History, 1945–75,”
Danielle Carr, assistant professor at ISG, coedited with Andreas Killen a cluster of articles in the latest issue of the Journal of the History of Ideas. Carr also contributed her own article, “As Metaphor or as Tool: The Computerization of the Brain Sciences and the Debate Between Cybernetics and Neurophysiology.” - Bharat Venkat Named Interim Director of UCLA India Center
Congratulation to Bharat for his appointment as interim director of the university’s Center for India and South Asia for fall quarter 2026, stepping into the position while the center’s director, Anna Morcom, is on sabbatical leave. - Nicholas Shapiro’s Report and Testimony Informed a New State Law on Jail Deaths in Riverside County
Nicholas Shapiro’s report and Senate testimony helped shape California’s SB 1379, signed by Governor Newsom. He challenged Riverside County’s 2024 internal audit, citing the conflict of interest in a combined sheriff-coroner office. The law requires an independent medical examiner by July 2027 and public reporting of in-custody deaths.
Student Spotlight
Hyojung Kim and Elise Whitlinger (HBS ’26)
We would like to share our latest spotlight to ISG undergraduate students Hyojung Kim and Elise Whitlinger (HBS ’26) for receiving the Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research and Creativity Award for Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Award.
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Affiliate Achievements
Derek W. Ren (HBS Class of ’24)
We would like to share our latest highlight from one of our alumni, Derek W. Ren (HBS ’24), for receiving a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.