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Flipping the Script on Wildfire

A new report from ����������’s Robert Redford Conservancy argues Southern California must rethink how it understands fire, land stewardship and year-round risk.

Organization

• Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability

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����������’s 2026 Goldwater Scholar Advances Biology Research

From leading a research project as a first-year student to Ph.D. aspirations, Lucas Oppenheimer ’27 embarks on a rewarding journey in molecular biology.

News Topics

• Molecular Biology

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New Participant Looks at the Courage to Express One’s Voice

Murals, entrepreneurship and more celebrate the many opportunities for student self-exploration

News Topics

• The Participant
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue

Organization

• Communications & Marketing

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A Presidential Screening

During Family Weekend 2025, ����������’s Presidential Initiative on Constructive Dialogue welcomed filmmaker Adam Bronfman PO ’85 (and spouse Cindy Bronfman ’86) for a screening of “I Have A Name.”

News Topics

• The Participant
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue

Organization

• Office of the President

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Anthropology in Action

���������� community members shone brightly at the 2025 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA).

News Topics

• The Participant
• The Participant Spring 2026 Issue
• Anthropology
• Students
• Faculty

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Napier Award Winner Taeya Boi-Doku ’24 Centers Afroecology in Gardening

Taeya Boi-Doku ’24 has received a 2024 Napier Initiative Award to develop her project, Reclaiming Afroecology: Indigenous Technology and Food Sovereignty.

News Topics

• Students

Organization

• Office of Fellowships

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Watson Fellow Tommy Shenoi ’24 Explores Mycology Globally

Tommy Shenoi ’24 is embarking on a globetrotting expedition to six countries to study mushrooms through the lens of agriculture, art, entrepreneurship, and science.

News Topics

• Students

Organization

• Office of Fellowships

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LAist features ���������� Visiting Professor Rudy Mondragon's research on the exploitation of Latino, Black, and Filipino boxers

Professor Rudy Mondragon's research featured in the "LAist"

Organization

• Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs
• Office of Black Student Affairs
• Center for Asian Pacific American Students (CAPAS)

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���������� alumna Karen Hillman '71 writes on LA progressive about how white Americans should recognize Juneteenth by making reparations

���������� alumna Karen Hillman '71 writes on "LA progressive"

News Topics

• Alumni

Organization

• Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies

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The Neuroscience of Following Your Nose

Keck Professor Gautam Agarwal’s Nature article reveals how part of the brain draws on sense of smell to create spatial maps.

News Topics

• Neuroscience

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences