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UCLA partnerships with Africa are changing lives
The July 2020 issue of the UCLA Magazine features the many partnerships developing between UCLA and Africa. Highlighted efforts include those by Tom Smith and Kevin Njabo with UCLA’s Center…
Center for Tropical Research
NEWS
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World World Zero features COVID-19 and climate change op-ed by Tom Smith
World War Zero, a coalition addressing climate change, has featured an op-ed by UCLA Professor Tom Smith, co-director of the Congo Basin Institute. “COVID-19 has shown the world the horrors…
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Kristen Ruegg featured in National Geographic video
UCLA Assistant Adjunct Professor and co-director of the Bird Genoscape Project, Kristen Ruegg has been featured in a National Geographic “Explorer in the Field” video highlighting her work in harnessing…
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Peter Daszak on 60 Minutes: Coronavirus research upended by politics
Peter Daszak, senior research fellow at Center for Tropical Research was featured on a 60 Minutes segment called Pandemic Politics. The Trump administration cut funding for Peter Daszak, a coronavirus…
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CNN article featuring Peter Daszak and hunting viruses to predict pandemics
Peter Daszak, senior research fellow at the Center for Tropical Research was featured in a CNN article on coronaviruses. Daszak is a virus hunter. Over the past 10 years, he…
Awards
Biologist receives award from the American Ornithological Society
Tom Smith, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was honored by the American Ornithological Society for decades of work studying birds. The Elliot Coues Award is given annually to “outstanding and…
