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Joe Ferrare receives Spencer Foundation Vision Grant

Joe Ferrare, associate professor of data visualization and analytics in IAS, has received a Vision Grant from the Spencer Foundation. The grant, titled “Culture Wars, Curriculum Conflicts & Public Schools,” is a collaboration with Professor Danfeng Koon at the University of San Francisco and Professor Huriya Jabbar at the University of Southern California. The $75,000...

October 1, 2024

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Santiago Lopez publishes on the impacts of social unrest on air quality using a remote sensing framework

Santiago Lopez and international colleagues from the Salesian Polytechnic University published “Assessing Air Quality Dynamics during Short-Period Social Upheaval Events in Quito, Ecuador, Using a Remote Sensing Framework” in the Journal Remote Sensing. This research article investigates air quality fluctuations during two short-period social upheaval events caused by civil protests during Ecuador’s economic crisis in...

September 26, 2024

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Yolanda Padilla Co-Founds New Latinx Studies Journal, “Pasados: Recovering History, Imagining Latinidad”

Yolanda Padilla is one of the founding editors of a new Latinx studies journal, titled Pasados: Recovering History, Imagining Latinidad. Appearing twice annually, the journal publishes essays in the fields of Latinx history, literary and cultural criticism, and archive studies, as well as translations of recovered materials and pedagogical models for classroom teaching. The inaugural...

September 18, 2024

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Jennifer Atkinson Joins Lead Climate Litigator and Youth Plaintiff to Speak About Climate Lawsuits

Jennifer Atkinson spoke on a panel with Andrea Rogers, lead litigator for the national youth climate cases Our Children’s Trust, Olivia Vesovich, youth plaintiff in the Held v. Montana case, andyouth leader/educator Terrell Engmann, founder of the environmental justice organization Basilica Bio. The four panelists spoke about what young people need to cultivate climate hope...

September 5, 2024

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Jason Frederick Lambacher’s International Relations course hosts HHS official for discussion on unaccompanied child migrants at the U.S. Souther border

Jason’s International Relations course welcomed Mary Myslewicz, Unaccompanied Children Program Policy Advisor with the U.S Department of Health and Human Services for a discussion about immigration policy as it affects children at the U.S. Souther Border. Mary delivered a presentation that separated fact from media fiction when it comes to what the federal government is...

August 12, 2024

Everett Comedian Cory Michelis partners with Office of CELR and Jason Frederick Lambacher’s Art and Politics of Comedy Course

Dana Washington with the Office of CELR contacted Cory Michelis, host of the Everett Comedy Night, and helped build a partnership with Jason’s BCORE Art & Politics of Comedy class. Students prepared for Cory’s in-class visit by applying concepts from the course (different theories of comedy; issues of free speech and censorship; comedy as dangerous...

August 12, 2024

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Jennifer Atkinson Featured on the Podcast “Climate Change and Happiness”

Jennifer Atkinson’s new book The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators was featured on the July episode of Climate Change and Happiness, a podcast exploring the personal side of climate change and its impact on mental health. Hosted by American clinical psychologist Thomas Doherty and Finnish climate emotions scholar Panu Pihkala, the episode discussed how...

August 12, 2024

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Santiago Lopez publishes a book chapter on the regional land use change in the Amazon region from an Anthropocene perspective

Santiago Lopez, Associate Professor in IAS, published a chapter entitled Re-examining Contemporary Land Use and Land Cover Transformations from an Anthropocene Perspective in Land Use: Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America in collaboration with the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS). The chapter discusses Amazonian land use and land cover...

August 1, 2024

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Double Feature Screening Showcases Filmmaking Talent in IAS

This spring, the School of IAS hosted a film screening in collaboration with students and alumni from our arts and media majors. The two short films, Glitter Tears and Rust and Resonance, were created by IAS alum Melissa Lopez (‘23) and current student Nour Currie. Supported by family, friends, and fellow students, the night served...

June 27, 2024

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