By Ellie Silverman and Jasmine Hilton Excerpt: “…The study analyzed 180 in-custody deaths in 10 Maryland detention centers and found that about half of those people died within the first 10 days of incarceration. And for those whose deaths were deemed to be from natural causes, the report shows they died nearly three decades younger than the state life expectancy. The…
“Inside the war against Southern California’s urban coyotes. ‘Horrific’ or misunderstood?” by BY LOUIS SAHAGÚN for the LA TIMES September 20, 2022 “…An ongoing study conducted by [Chase] Niesner, Christopher Kelty and Spencer Robins suggests that the same survival skills that enabled coyotes to outlast federal extermination campaigns during the 19th century has allowed them to flourish in some of…
Thank you to those who were able to attend the Structural Racism in Biomedical Research Webinar co-sponsored by the Research Theme in Health Equity & Translational Social Science (HETSS) and the Rangell Social Medicine Grand Rounds Series on Friday, May 7th at 12:30pm. For those of you who were unable to attend, here is the link to recording.
Congratulations to ISG Associate Professor Terence Keel for being inducted as a Fellow into the International Society for Science and Religion. Keel is the first African American to be inducted into this global society. Invitations are the result of a careful selection process after nomination by existing Fellows. As an Academy, the Society has the role of fostering the highest standard of research…
In his interview with Chemistry World, a publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry, ISG Professor Nicholas Shapiro discusses his research and analysis in an emerging subfield ‘Chemo-ethnography,’ which probes how chemistry impacts human culture. Additionally, Shapiro utilizes his research to support that an issue involves examining both the chemical and cultural context. ‘Chemo-ethnography is simply anthropology recognising that…
ISG Professor Soraya de Chadarevian has published a new book, Heredity Under the Microscope: Chromosomes and the Study of the Human Genome, now out from Chicago University Press. This impressive achievement offers a new history of postwar human genetics, and has been called “engaging” and “deft” by reviewers, praised for opening “fascinating new perspectives on the century of the gene.” For…