Cancer is the leading cause of death among California firefighters, yet the precise determinants as well as their mechanisms of action are poorly understood, and effective preventive interventions remain elusive. The California Firefighter Cancer Research Study (CAFF-CRS) is a large, well-characterized, longitudinal cohort of firefighters across California established in 2024 to advance knowledge on understudied […]

Whale Liberation Front members Peter Johnson Bowling and Cory Diane will perform a live, electro-acoustic piece in relationship to their installation Untitled, or, They’ve been singing since the gulf was born. This piece is rooted in their long term sonic practices in solidarity with the Gulf Whale and broader Gulf of Mexico ecosystems. Utilizing zither, […]

Wildfires are an increasing feature of contemporary life in California. Media and scientific accounts tell us that we are in a new age of “megafires”. What combination of human settlement, land use and climate change propels these fires? What drives people to make their homes in increasingly flammable landscapes, and with what effect? In this […]

Join us to celebrate the release of the Weather and the Whale catalog with an after-hours viewing of the exhibition and a conversation with three of the exhibition collaborators and catalog contributors: Guillermo Delgado-P, Kailani Polzak and Zac Zimmer. Distributed by University of Minnesota Press, Weather and the Whale is an exciting interdisciplinary catalog combining […]