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Nutrition Facts labels have a complicated legacy – a historian explains the science and politics of translating food into information

Jul 22 2024
By Xaq Frohlich, author of From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information AgeThis post was originally published on The Conversation.The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has rece
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Do You Want AI To Be Used in Your Healthcare?

Jul 09 2024
By Charles Binkley, co-author of Encoding Bioethics: AI in Clinical Decision-MakingArtificial Intelligence (AI) is being introduced into every sector of the human experience, and healthcare is no exception.AI models were first used in radiology in the 1980s to aid radiologists in interpretin
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Ethical AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare

Jun 11 2024
By Tyler Loftus, co-author of Encoding Bioethics: AI in Clinical Decision-MakingEncoding Bioethics begins where all good healthcare stories begin: in the trenches of patient care. We have many professional roles in healthcare, but above all, we are surgeons. Providing the best patient care possi
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On publishing Open-Access, with author Adrienne Strong

May 28 2024
What is it like to publish a book open-access with our Luminos program? Adrienne Strong, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida and author of Documenting Death: Maternal Mortality and the Ethics of Care in Tanzania, discusses her award-winning book and her experience publis
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A New Feminist Approach to the Law of Pregnancy

Dec 19 2023
By Jennifer Hendricks, author of Essentially a Mother: A Feminist Approach to the Law of Pregnancy and MotherhoodWhen the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and abolished the right to abortion, the court trivialized pregnancy and its impact on women’s lives. Nowhere in its opinion did the
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Q&A with Emma Day, UC Press author and FirstGen scholar

Oct 27 2023
A conversation with FirstGen scholar Emma Day, author of "In Her Hands: Women's Fight against AIDS in the United States"
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Q&A with Jessica P. Cerdeña, author of Pressing Onward

Apr 11 2023
Pressing Onward: The Imperative Resilience of Latina Migrant Mothers centers the stories of mothers who migrated from Latin America, settled in New Haven, Connecticut, and overcame trauma and ongoing adversity to build futures for their children. These migrant mothers enact imperative resilience, en
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Loretta Ross Named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow

Oct 13 2022
UC Press is thrilled to share that UC Press author Loretta Ross has been named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow.
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A Tribute to Paul Farmer: Legendary Global Health Activist and Physician

Feb 22 2022
An inspiring humanitarian, doctor, and advocate of global health equity, Paul Farmer leaves behind an immense legacy. With the tragic news of his passing on February 21, 2022, our Executive Editor Naomi Schneider shares a tribute to his work.By now you might have heard that our author, Paul
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On The First English Translation of the Classic Chinese Encyclopedia, Ben cao gang mu

Feb 16 2022
By Paul U. Unschuld, translator of the Ben cao gang mu seriesThe Ben cao gang mu series is the first complete and annotated translation of the classic work, combining the original Chinese text and its English equivalent.The Ben cao gang mu is a unique document based on literal quotes fro
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