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people in India working on top of large bags of waste
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Dana Kornberg
Workers in India's waste economy

Race and caste capitalism: Who gets access to status and wealth?

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Professor Tania Israel receives distinguished career award
People gather outside a public distribution shop in Rajasthan, India.
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Azad Jain via iStock
Fair price shops are part of India's Public Distribution System, which distributes food staples at a subsidized price to the poor. The program shows far-reaching benefits.

Researchers link India’s food program to better health and stronger incomes
Leah Stokes on a chair holding a plant
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Matt Perko
UC Santa Barbara associate professor Leah Stokes researches public policy, public opinion and political behavior, with a focus on energy, environment and climate change.

Leah Stokes receives the prestigious Schneider Award for Outstanding Science Communication
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Adrian Hillman

In a paradigm shift for autism, practitioners move beyond traditional demographics and toward adaptive environments
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Rethinking autism through the diagnostic process
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Matt Perko

Historian Tsuyoshi Hasegawa writes definitive account of the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
illustration of two women, one of whom is pregnant, standing in front of a balancing scale

Abortion access linked to future economic and educational success

Bridging divided views to strengthen communities
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Is ‘U-shaped happiness’ universal? Not for rural subsistence populations, say researchers
Professor Tania Israel seated on a bench with text overlay Q&A
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Matt Perko
Professor and author Tania Israel, October 2024

Tania Israel’s new book teaches civil conversations in divisive times
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First Mahsa Amini fellow begins doctoral program in religious studies
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