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New book ‘City Unsilenced’ explores protest and public space

By Guest PostJune 10, 2018Literature, Politicscity unsilenced, freedom of speech, jeff hou, sabine knierbein, totalitarianism

Jeff Hou is a professor of landscape architecture and adjunct professor of urban design and planning in the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments. His research, teaching and practice focus on community design, design activism, cross-cultural learning and engaging marginalized communities in planning and design. (more…)

In Malaysian prison, Aishwarya Vijay gains greater insight into the problem of addiction

By Guest PostNovember 11, 2014General, MediaChina, city unsilenced, drug users, India, indonesia, infectious diseases, insight, jeff hou, khaled selim, kuala lumpur, most wonderful, politico photo, prisoners, ringing in ears, sabine knierbein, stdp, stimulus, substance abuse, susan shore, timing dependent plasticity, tinnitus symptom, toll of tinnitus, totalitarianism, treating tinnitus, united states

Recent Yale College graduate Aishwarya Vijay ’14 had never set foot in a prison until she traveled to Malaysia, where her work this summer allowed her to learn about the sometimes subtle connections between stigma and treatment-seeking behavior in injection-drug-using prisoners. (more…)