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We would like to share with you one of the top 108 capstone projects of Fall 2025 at the HBS major, authored by Azaan Bilal, Rahi Patel and Joshua Thomas.

This Fall’s 108 Capstone projects have showcased remarkable creativity, collaboration, and impact. We are proud to spotlight Azaan Bilal, Rahi Patel and Joshua Thomas for their stand out project Make Alphas Great Again.

UCLA professor Terence Keel and his BioCritical Studies Lab help families reassess in‑custody death records, revealing inconsistencies and systemic flaws while pushing for greater transparency and accountability in death investigations.

The title of this revelatory book might suggest that it’s limited to uncovering the deficiencies and biases of a particular profession. But The Coroner’s Silence is far more than that.

Check the interview to the 2025 SGUO Case Competition Winners on “Antibiotic Resistance, its Implications, and Potential Solutions”, Claire Koerber, David Singley, Devyn Betts and Sushant Bhopale.

Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite, captures the horror and insanity of nuclear war. But by portraying the US atomic arsenal as an inheritance from the past rather than a product of our own time, it lets our political leaders off the hook.

Check the interview to the 2025 SGUO Case Competition Winners Aarush Admala, Arushi Parikh, Olivia Lee and Rithu Velu on “Addressing the Unhoused Population as a Public Health Crisis”

Terence Keel’s BioCritical Studies Lab trains students to analyze autopsy reports of people deaths with police involvement. Their findings, underpin Keel’s new book The Coroner’s Silence, which exposes hidden victims of police violence and challenges assumptions about in‑custody deaths.

Michelle Rensel joins Dan and Michael for a lively discussion on stress, snacks, and emotional resilience. With humor and thoughtful insights, she explores how everyday coping strategies can lighten the load. The episode blends laughter with practical wisdom, making stress management feel approachable and human.

Michelle Rensel, Institute for Society & Genetics has been featured in TLCs news on instructional innovation at UCLA.

Michelle’s Rensel project “Assessing the Impacts of a Cross-Disciplinary Role-Playing Intervention in a Large General Education Course”  has been awarded a Tier 3 Catalyst Grant from UCLA’s Teaching & Learning Center

This Fall’s 108 Capstone projects have showcased remarkable creativity, collaboration, and impact. We are proud to spotlight Avantika Aggarwal, Hanna Boughanem and Saanvi Rai for their stand out project In the Grey Zone: Doctoring Post-Dobbs.