Human Biology and Society student featured in a recent UCLA Newsroom article.
Congratulations, Class of 2014. Wishing each of you the best in your future endeavors! -The Institute for Society and Genetics
Patrick Allard, Assistant Professor in the Institute for Society and Genetics and the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, was awarded a prestigious Hellman Fellowship for the 2014-15 academic year. The Hellman Fellows program was established through the kind generosity of the Hellman Fellows Fund to help promising assistant professors with their research and creative endeavors.
Shayna Svihovec (2014 Human Biology and Society BA major) is one of three Jessie Alpaugh Senior Prize winners awarded this year in the Disability Studies minor. With her project, titled “Straddling the Line Between the Deaf and Hearing Communities in a Hearing Dominated World,” she plans to add knowledge to the field of deaf and disability studies. She hopes to eliminate…
Laura Alsum is a graduate student in screenwriting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. She is also the 2014 recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Student Grand Jury Prize for Screenwriting for her screenplay “Survival of the Fittest.” The Sloan Prize is awarded to screenplays that explore issues of science or technology, and includes a $30,000…