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Student writers Gardiner '28 and Lair '28 draw on insights from CHRHS symposium to shed light on perceptions of violence in Mexico.
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More than 130,000 people are officially registered as missing or unlocated in Mexico.
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Lax American gun laws mean weapons are readily available to buy and smuggle south of the border. (Featuring comments from Ieva Jusionyte)
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Ieva Jusionyte offered commentary in this article about the killing of cartel boss "El Mencho" and how violence in Mexico is fueled by U.S. guns and money.
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The winning team, “Luna,” was awarded a $3,000 seed grant for their project.
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Brown Daily Herald
Brown anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur grant
She will use the $800,000 grant to conduct research on extraditions of organized crime leaders.
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Brown University professor and cultural anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte is one of this year's MacArthur fellowship winners for her work exploring political and moral ambiguities of border regions.
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As the school enters its inaugural year, the centers’ directors are developing new initiatives.
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The Atlantic
The Diseases Are Coming
Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn government tear will have lasting effects on global health.
By Craig Spencer
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By Craig Spencer
Guns Unpacked Podcast
Dr. Ieva Jusionyte on Beyond Borders: Gun Culture & Gun Violence
In an interview with the Guns Unpacked podcast, Ieva Jusionyte discusses the cultural and historical context of guns in Mexico, the connections between gun politics and immigration, and how the availability of U.S. guns shapes migration.
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In a Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk defended the actions his team has made to cut government jobs, but public health experts say Musk is wrong. USAID's Ebola prevention efforts have been largely frozen since the agency was mostly shuttered last month. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Dr. Craig Spencer, who survived Ebola after treating patients in Guinea with Doctors Without Borders in 2014.
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Is Musk accurate in his description of "accidentally" canceling and then restoring America's "Ebola prevention" efforts? "I disagree fully, completely, wholly, that they recognized the mistake and put it back," says Dr. Craig Spencer
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