UCLA professor Susan Perry and her team of researchers reveal their findings on capuchin monkeys and social integration. Read the full article here: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/susan-perry-female-capuchin-monkeys-social-study?utm_source=8-12-2022-issue&utm_medium=email&utm_content=monkey&utm_campaign=newsroom-weekly-newsletter
Teru was featured on NPR this week, talking about utopian world building and her research in a Black Utopia in Georgia in the episode Welcome to Freedom of The Takeaway: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444253/pri-the-takeaway https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/welcome-freedom Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-freedom/id363143310?i=1000569923085 Direct Link to Audio File: https://waaa.wnyc.org/ttp/ttp071422-freedom.mp3
Check out Dr. Robert Lemelson’s co-authored article in SAPIENS Anthropology Magazine: https://www.sapiens.org/culture/nurturing-autism-acceptance-in-indonesia/?fbclid=IwAR2o88M9LHUlis0o6X2nmzx4VXdpuGFnuAfdaHJrN90Wj1aLQAmVkchTWXI
Check out this powerful interview! PODCAST: Tavis Smiley
Check out the news articles below: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-launches-hip-hop-initiative https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-03-28/ucla-hip-hop-initiative-chuck-d
Talk will be held on Saturday, March 19 at 2:00pm “Bali: Agency and Power in Southeast Asia”
Dear friends and colleagues, It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of Emeritus Professor Johannes Wilbert on February 15th, 2022. Born in Cologne Germany on June 23rd, 1927, Professor Wilbert received a degree in Philosophy and Pedagogy in 1951 followed by a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Sociology in 1956 from […]
Dr. Aomar Boum to over see 100K pledge from the Universite de Rab (UIR) to UCLA’s Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies to bolster field of Moroccan Jewish Studies. Link to article: https://humanities.ucla.edu/faculty-department/gift-to-uclas-alan-d-leve-center-for-jewish-studies-bolsters-field-of-moroccan-jewish-studies/
Dr. Shannon Speed has been awarded the 2021 AAA President’s Award. Link to 2021 AAA President’s awardees: https://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1631
News articles on Molly Fox’s recent paper: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-10-28/could-breastfeeding-help-women-keep-their-smarts-as-they-age https://people.com/health/breastfeeding-may-help-improve-mothers-brains-long-term-study-finds/ https://www.uclahealth.org/news/new-study-suggests-breastfeeding-may-help-prevent-cognitive https://www.foxnews.com/health/new-study-breastfeeding-prevent-cognitive-decline https://neurosciencenews.com/breastfeeding-cognition-19528/ https://www.ocregister.com/2021/10/25/breastfeeding-may-help-mothers-brains-says-ucla-study/ https://abc7.com/breastfeeding-ucla-research-aging-brain/11168309/ https://nypost.com/2021/10/25/new-study-suggests-breastfeeding-may-help-prevent-cognitive-decline/amp/
