By Juan Prieto When I was eight, I crossed the border using my cousin’s papers. In other words, I came to this country pretending to be someone I’m not. Pretending to be someone else did not end there, as I went through life acting as if I was just another average citizen even though I... Continue Reading →
By Sofia Gonzalez-Platas As I walked into the room where the panel was about to take place, I was welcomed by a screen showing the faces of 12 students from Macomb County Community College looking back at us — eager and reluctant. On the other side of the screen, the students from Macomb County could... Continue Reading →
Photo by Kevin Burkett. By Levi Bridges Summer carnivals are a quintessential American tradition, an opportunity for families to enjoy time together, eat a funnel cake or two and take a ride on the Ferris wheel. But there’s a dark side to this summer fun. These same carnivals, which sprout up in cities and towns... Continue Reading →
Screenshot from Daddy Yankee's "Shaky Shaky." By Franklin Moreno I recently returned from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where I was studying young people’s moral judgments and reasoning regarding violence, with support from the Tinker Foundation and CLAS. I spent most of my time talking with people in Chamelecón, a sector where levels of violence are... Continue Reading →
Gotta catch 'em all! (Photo by iphonedigital.) By Catalina Moncada Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you’ve likely heard about Pokémon Go, the augmented reality game from Nintendo that’s become a hit around the world. According to SimilarWeb, the game has been installed on more devices than Candy Crush,... Continue Reading →
The author, on the streets of Tarapoto, Peru. (Photo by Travis Gregg.) By Shane Fallon Stories of pink dolphins, anacondas, and piranhas piqued my curiosity to venture to the rainforest, or as it is called in Peru, la selva. My research finally brought me to this mysterious, tropical environment to learn more about Peru’s jungle... Continue Reading →
Dando la vuelta, author walking on the shore of Lago Villarica/Mallalafquén, Volcán Villarica/Rucapillán in the distance. (Photo courtesy of Marcelo Montalvo.) By Marcelo Garzo Montalvo In a paradigm of research as theft (Robbins 2006), research as a dirty word (Smith 1999), or an otherwise extractive imperial process of hurried knowledge production; qualitative research projects are... Continue Reading →
Marcela Salazar, instructor at the Grange School in Santiago, teaching at the Escuela de Primer Agua, Mapuche. (Photo by Cristobal Madero.) By Cristobal Madero With support from CLAS and the Tinker Foundation, I spent two weeks in May implementing an education project in Chile with Daniel Cano of Georgetown University. The idea behind the project... Continue Reading →
For the past two semesters, I have been a student in a History of Art Department Mellon Graduate Seminar that culminates in “The Papyrus in the Crocodile: 150 Years of Excavation, Exploration, Collection, and Stewardship at Berkeley,” an exhibition at the Bancroft Library. Typical course responsibilities largely revolved around curation. Early stages of meeting with... Continue Reading →
I had the opportunity to visit the nonlinear physics group at the University of Chile in Santiago this past December. During my stay, I met with researchers working on a broad range of theory and experiments that really highlight the universality of nonlinear phenomena across many fields. I am broadly interested in the emergence of... Continue Reading →
