So, so deeply proud. Writing about environment and colonialism through the lens of beekeeping in the Yucatan, Cuba, and Florida, Angélica Marquez-Osuna will be a new Assist. Professor at Loyola-Chicago but will first complete a postdoc at the Weatherhead Center next year. Brava!

It will take time to understand the full impact of today's Supreme Court decision against race-conscious admissions because we know that admission to college can transform an entire family, not just the student. A tough day for inclusion and higher ed. youtube.com/watch?v=AoGjh3…

First day of sabbatical. This view from my apartment across the street from Cal Tech fully captures my mood. I'll take it as an auspicious sign.

Simply ecstatic to be the Dibner Distinguished Fellow The Huntington for 2023-24. So grateful for the time to think, write, finish overdue manuscripts, as well as, California winters, family, and friends. Basically, I'm charging all my needed batteries.

Surprising Pasadena fauna during early a.m. walk. Reminds me of a wonderful 2003 documentary, "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill," which explores displacement and human/non-human animal interactions in urban spaces. I hope this little guy finds a flock, or at least, a buddy.

Need to fly to Chile to see this exhibit on Project Cybersyn put on by Eden Medina. Here with the original designers of the command center. ¡Bravo amiga!

job in famously good Latin American history department

In case anyone is in the Pasadena/Los Angeles area this evening. Tonight at the Huntington. Free, just need to register.

Science History Institute AND NEXT UP: the ISIS Focus Section: Launching a Labor History of Science! The introduction spells it all out, followed by insightful essays by B. Harun Küçük, Gabriela Soto Laveaga, and Laura Stark. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

From the 🔥 cover and Introduction excited to have an Isis Focus essay on Labor and Histories of Science with B. Harun Küçük and Laura Stark History of Science

A symposium then a standing ovation by colleagues and former students for Prof. Dain Borges this past Friday at the U. of Chicago. A life lesson in how to retire as an academic. Fortunate to have had (and continue to have) Dain as a mentor.

Exhibit opening this weekend: Measuring Difference!

"Measuring Difference" in the Washington Post! washingtonpost.com/science/2024/1…

Exhibit could only have happened with the terrific curatorial team of students: Katherine Enright, Manny Medrano, and Francis Newman.

ieva jusionyte Brown University Gabriela Soto Laveaga 'Exit Wounds' offers a rare look at gun trafficking and the human stories behind it—smugglers, assassins, agents, and journalists. #FirearmsTrafficking

ieva jusionyte Brown University Gabriela Soto Laveaga Don't Miss It! Learn more: drclas.harvard.edu/event/book-pre…

It is Ieva Jusionyte week! Earlier this week she talked about medical care at the U.S. -Mexico border to my 180-student class and tonight I'll be in conversation with her about her fantastic new book, "Exit Wounds" on American guns in Mexico. 6:00 p.m.CGIS South S216. All welcome