Cody’s First Task
Nicholas Shapiro and Terence Keel, Awarded UCLA’s 2024 Public Impact Research Awards
Terence Keel and Nicholas Shapiro earned UCLA’s 2024 Public Impact Research Awards for groundbreaking work…
Nicholas Shapiro and Bharat Venkat, Featured in the LA Times: California Will Finally Have Indoor Heat Standards for Workplaces — with a Cruel Exception
California’s board approved indoor heat standards protecting millions of workers in hot workplaces, but excluded…
Derek W. Ren (HBS, ’24)
Derek W. Ren, Human Biology and Society B.S., class of 2024 has received a Fulbright…
Bharat Venkat’s Research Featured in NBC4 Story: “Study Tracks Hot Temperatures Inside LA Food Trucks”
The UCLA Heat Lab, directed by ISG faculty Bharat Venkat, is featured in a story…
Bharat Venkat’s Book, At the Limits of Cure (2021) co-Awarded this Year’s Edie Turner Book Prize in Ethnographic Writing
Congratulations to ISG Faculty, Bharat Venkat! His book, At the Limits of Cure (2021) was…
Terence Keel, Featured in Washington Post Article: Study of Md. in-Custody Deaths Finds Many Occur in First 10 Days in Jail
The study analyzed 180 in-custody deaths in 10 Maryland detention centers and found that about…
Bharat Venkat’s Heat Lab Featured in LA Times Op-ed: “L.A. loves food trucks. With more heat waves, they can be dangerous for people working in them”
July delivered an irrefutable argument about the extent of climate change: A recent analysis suggests that 81%…
Bharat Venkat, Interviewed on KCRW, “Climate change means hotter summers. Here’s how to prepare”
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for many parts of the…
Bharat Venkat, Featured in AP Article, “Cities have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?”
Heat preparedness has generally improved over the years as forecasting has become more accurate, and…
Bharat Venkat, Publishes Essay in The Times of India: “In a world of fading antibiotic efficacy, will TB-free India remain a dream?”
Since the time of the Greek physician Galen, knowing what causes a disease has been…
NY Times Features Essay by ISG Faculty Danielle Carr titled, “Mental Health is Political”
The NY Times published a guest Opinion Essay by ISG faculty Danielle Carr’s article “Mental…
LA Times Article Features the Labyrinth Project, Led by ISG Faculty Jessica Lynch and Chris Kelty
An ongoing study conducted by [Chase] Niesner, Christopher Kelty and Spencer Robins suggests that the…