Chinampas are essential to Mexico City and surrounding areas because the city was built on water, and is currently sinking.
Dr. Angel Parham, Associate Professor of Sociology, was awarded two American Sociological Association awards for her book entitled "American Routes: Racial Palimpsests and the Transformation of Race".
* Co-Winner, Barrington Moore Book Award. Comparative-Historical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, 2018
Philosophy junior Grant Dufrene is currently helping Dr. Connie Mui to edit a forth coming volume on the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre. Grant reports,
Joel MacClellan, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, has taken over as Editor-in-Chief of the Animal & Society Institute's Sloth: Journal of Emerging Voices in Human-Animal Studies, the top HAS undergraduate journal.
Philosophy and History double major, Political Science minor Thanh Mai has won a Fulbright award at the Universiteit Hasselt in Belgium during the 2018-2019 academic year. After she completes her time in Belgium, she will begin graduate work in philosophy at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Congratulations, Thanh!
Dr. Christopher Schaberg, an award-winning writer and the Dorothy Harrell Brown Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, has a new book out titled "The Work of Literature in an Age of Post-Truth." In the book, he argues that humanities professors shouldn't apologize for their passions or their commitments -- either in their research or their teaching.
Dr. Kim Mix has been awarded an "Orthopedics in Action" grant from the Perry Initiative, a non-profit organization committed to building the pipeline for women in engineering and medicine. The grant will provide innovative orthopedics teaching materials for Dr. Mix to incorporate into her teaching and outreach activities. The "Orthopedics in Action" program is sponsored by Zimmer Biomet, a leading producer of prosthetic joints and orthopedic devices.
Andrea Alarcon Uquillas (Biology '17) is currently engaged in stem cell and regenerative medicine research at LaCell, LLC., a bio-engineering-research company located in the New Orleans BioInnovation Center. LaCell provides a high quality stromal/stem cells to scientific investigators in the biotechnology sector. As a research technician, Andrea manages the production of stem cells and cell culture reagents and she is collaborating on new stem cell therapies.
Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar and Chair in Environmental Law Robert R. M. Verchick published an op-ed June 2018 for the Los Angeles Times that ran under the headline “Not Content with his War on Science, Scott Pruitt is Now Waging a War on Economics.” Click here for a read.
Vacationers heading to the Florida beaches will want to view WVUE Fox 8 News for a word of caution from Dr. Aimée Thomas. Thomas spoke to the public about so-called “sea lice,” jellyfish larvae that can cause a sting when trapped beneath your bathing suit.