Combining scientific data with Indigenous oral histories and ecological knowledge, research by Blum Center Associate Director for Sustainable Development Matthew Potts shows how cultural burning practices of Native people of the Klamath Mountains helped shape the region’s forests for at least a millennia prior to European colonization.
By Morgan Hillenbrand On a typical day in the village of Mihingoni, Kenya, girls emerge at dawn, traveling down red clay paths against a backdrop
It is with a heavy heart and beloved appreciation that we memorialize the passing of Dr. Bertram Lubin, a groundbreaking pediatrician and children’s hospital leader. Bert, as he was widely known, was the kind of person the Blum Center dreams of having around—to mentor students, advise faculty, inspire ideas, and lend decades of knowledge about the fight for disease mitigation and healthcare equity.
An occasional series with Blum Center faculty, staff, students, visitors, and friends Ananya Roy is Professor of City and Regional Planning, Distinguished Chair in Global
By S. Shankar Sastry Today, access to water, energy, health care, and financial services remain the greatest challenges to alleviation of extreme poverty, which affects
Shankar Sastry What is the role of the university in the wider world? What is the role of scholarship in an era of vast digitally
