The UCLA Heat Lab, directed by ISG faculty Bharat Venkat, is featured in a story on NBC4 for their research on LA food trucks. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/tracking-hot-temperatures-inside-food-trucks/3294210/ By Lolita Lopez • Published…
Congratulations to ISG Faculty, Bharat Venkat! His book, At the Limits of Cure (2021) was co-awarded the 2023 Edie Turner Book Prize in Ethnographic Writing.
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