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Thank You to IICAS Supporters

IICAS would like to thank all the co-sponsors, program supporters, and event attendees who have contributed to the success of IICAS events for the 2007-2008 academic year. We look forward to your continued support in 2008-2009, and welcome your feedback and suggestions. Please email IICAS with any comments, or send a note to the IICAS address listed in the newsletter.

IICAS Supports UCSD Sustainability Initiative

Demonstrating support for UCSD's sustainability efforts, IICAS staff can now pedal across campus to complete errands, thanks to IICAS' new Triton Bike. Triton Bikes are available to campus departments, colleges and programs, as part of  UCSD's continuing effort to reduce fossil fuel dependence and improve sustainability.

IICAS is pleased to announce that the 2008-2009 conference grant, faculty research grant, and student travel grants have been awarded.

Conference Grants

A Conference grant was awarded for the support of a research conference in international, comparative or cross-regional studies. This grant was awarded to Akos Rona-Tas, UCSD Professor of Sociology, for the conference titled, "Paradigms of Risk Assessment and Uncertainty in Policy Research."

Faculty Research Grants

The Faculty Research Grant will support research and research planning activities of faculty teams whose intellectual interests promise to produce significant collaborative projects.This grant was awarded to Luis Martin Cabrera, UCSD Professor of Literature, for his research in the "Audiovisual Archive of the Spanish Civil and the Francoist Dictatorship."

Travel Grants, Graduate and Undergraduate Students

Student grantees received up to $1,000 to partially offset dissertation or senior honors thesis research travel expenses.

Grants were awarded to 16 graduate students and one undergraduate student:

• Beesley, Celeste (Political Science)
• Chang, Cheng David (History)
• Combs, Robert Patrick (International Studies)
• De Carvalho, Marcelo C. (Latin American Studies)
• Duncan, Whitney (Anthropology)
• Elinoff, Eli Asher (Anthropology)
• Garcia, Myrna (Ethnic Studies)
• Harkewicz, Laura (History)
• Karis, Timothy (Anthropology)
• Kinzley, Judd (History)
• Long, James D. (Political Science)
• Mularski, Jedrek Putta (History)
• Ramos, Maria Isabel (Visual Arts)
• Santizo, Gabriela D. (Literature)
• Shrader, James H. (History)
• Tomoko, Tsuchiya (Ethnic Studies)
• Velasquez, Christina (Latin American Studies)

For more information on IICAS grants and award recipients, please click here.

IICAS Events

IICAS events for the 2007-2008 academic year have concluded, and IICAS would like to thank everyone who co-sponsored, supported, and participated in IICAS programs. Stay tuned for the 2008-2009 IICAS events, which will continue to be announced in IICAS newsletters and on the IICAS web page .