Entries by Clark Barrett

Feb 17 – EvMed Grand Rounds – Dr. Joseph L. Graves, Jr. – Evolutionary Versus Racial Medicine: Why It Matters

See the attached flyer for information on upcoming UCLA Department of Medicine’s Evolutionary Medicine Grand Rounds next week Wednesday, Feb 17, 2021 at 8:30am PST: Dr. Joseph L. Graves, Jr. – Evolutionary Versus Racial Medicine: Why It Matters Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 8:30-9:30am Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/95231120560?pwd=QS9JSWZtaXB1ZWtFd0dRdTFUd2lrQT09 Password: MEDICINEGR […]

#BlackinBioAnthWeek, February 1 to 7

The week of February 1 is #BlackinBioAnthWeek, with a variety of events. Use the hashtag #BlackinBioAnth to check out the events. #BlackinBioAnthWeek  

Postdoc position in Anthropology at WSU

Dr. Anne Pisor is looking for a postdoc to co-lead a three-year project with co-PI Dr. Monique Borgerhoff Mulder and NGO Mwambao Coastal Community Network. The project is focused on whether between-community social relationships impact resource management — specifically, managing fisheries on the Tanzanian coast. The postdoc will be based in the Human Sociality Lab […]

November 9 – What happened to cognitive science? A debate

An online discussion on the question  “What happened to cognitive science?”, hosted by the Italian Association of Cognitive Science, featuring BEC’s Clark Barrett and UCSD’s Rafael Núñez. 7:30-11AM PST on November 9. For more information, see the attached flyer. LLC_AISC_whathappenedtocognitivescience_3bis

Dan Fessler CNN interview on the health benefits of kindness

In January, BEC faculty and Bedari Kindness Institute Director Dan Fessler was interviewed by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on the health benefits of kindness–a message that is as important now as ever: https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/01/10/kindness-mental-health-ucla-daniel-fessler.cnn