UCSB — The Current — ‘Manuel Muñoz wins Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature’ and more news, events
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Meghan Morrissey’s research has attracted the attention of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, which selected her for the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award.
Recognized for his stories of farmworker families in the vast and complex Central Valley of California, Muñoz is also a past recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.
“We came up with this experiment because we were having a hard time convincing people of certain effects happening for the problem of drag reduction,” said Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
With spectacular strength and agility, acrobats execute gravity-defying moves and human pyramids accompanied by the sounds of live kora, percussion and Afro-jazz music.
