In the wake of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, mixed into the wreckage were lost and damaged photos of families and loved ones. Photo retoucher Becci Manson, together with local volunteers and a global group of colleagues she recruited online, helped clean and fix them, restoring those memories to their owners.
Nelson Mandela turned 94 recently. His life has been amazing and has changed not only South Africa but the world. This clever short film shows how Mandela’s life events would have been recorded if they had happened now, in the era of social media
Alex Ortega, Ph.D., Professor of Public Health, Professor of Psychiatry and Bio-behavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Health Services
The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its organization’s prestigious Felix Berardo Scholarship Award for Mentoring to Alexis Walker, Ph.D., Co-director for the School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences and the Jo Anne L. Petersen Chair in Gerontology and Family Studies.
