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Lecture on Dr. Keel’s latest book, examining how race shapes forensic science and the investigation of death in the United States. The talk will explore the historical and contemporary implications of medical and legal systems that determine cause of death, raising critical questions about inequality, institutional accountability, and the production of scientific…

Megan McEvoy quoted at the Daily bruin in “Competitive enrollment, waitlists cause stress for students, faculty alike” where she describes how competitive enrollment waitlists create ongoing stress, uncertainty, and emotional strain, affecting students’ academic planning while also increasing pressure on faculty.

Terence Keel contributes to the Daily Bruin Article “Data shows UCPD disproportionately stops Black, Hispanic people, raising concerns”, contextualizing racial disparities in policing data through historical analysis of science, race, and institutional accountability.

On behalf of the Institute for Society and Genetics (ISG) community, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Frenz Cabison for his dedication and support as a Student Advisor. His commitment to students and the department have made an ever-lasting impact on ISG.

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.

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.

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…

Join us next March 5th for Jonah Walters’ talk on the history and impact of pepper spray and aerosol policing. This event explores how these weapons shape protest, public safety, and state power.

The UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center announced the AY25–26 Faculty Writing Retreat Grant awardees to support self-organized writing retreats designed to foster sustained research, collaboration, and intellectual community among UCLA faculty.

Next March 17-18 we will be hosting the symposium between ISG and the CNRS “Rethinking Boundaries to Confront 21st-Century Challenges: Interdisciplinarity and Collaborations in the Anthropocene” in Royce Hall 314.

We would like to share with you one of the top 108 capstone projects of Fall 2025 at the HBS major, authored by Avantika Aggarwal, Hanna Boughanem and Saanvi Rai.

Join us in congratulating Soraya de Chadarevian for winning the 2025 Blaise Pascal Medal in Social Sciences and Humanities from the European Academy of Sciences.