ISG Associate Director, Jessica Lynch Alfaro, publishes poem “Flight Distances” in the journal Poecology. Poecology is a literary journal and online resource for contemporary writing about place, ecology and the environment, with a particular interest in poetry.
We are thrilled to announce that ISG Postdoctoral Fellow, Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook has received the 2013 Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research. This award provides a cash prize to especially accomplished UCLA postdoctoral scholars recognized for their outstanding research. This prize was established in 1998 to recognize the important contributions that postdoctoral scholars make to UCLA’s research mission. All nominees, including the winners, will…
Joey Wetmore interned with the UCLA Multiple Sclerosis Achievement Center (MSAC) as part of his Human Biology & Society (B.S.) major. He is also a Public Health minor and plans on graduating in June of 2013. Read more here INTERN INSIGHTS: JOEY WETMORE Center for Community Learning (CCL): How did you land your internship? JW: An internship or research position…
[Plenary Lecture given on *May 27, 2012* at the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine Annual Conference, University of Waterloo] Monica Green, an Arizona State University professor known as “the foremost authority on medicine in the Middle Ages,” examines how her field has changed in recent years. In 2001, two genetic breakthroughs were made – the entire genomes for both plague…
ISG Associate, Patrick Boudreault, is featured in a video promoting the UC Onward California campaign entitled “Language is in Our Minds“. Watch the video here Onward California aims to partner with California-friendly businesses in 2012, building a five-year, multimillion dollar commitment to support undergraduate education. With the help of community conscious partners, the California Dream is not only alive—it is…