UIUC students voted that they want their university to study race-based harms and reparations.
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UIUC students voted that they want their university to study race-based harms and reparations.
I support Illinois 104th General Assembly #HB5486 (Office of Genealogical Affairs Study Committee Act). It studies a permanent state office to expand genealogical access, support forensic/historical accountability, and administrative determinations. www.ilga.gov/Legislation/...
In the news in Carbondale, Illinois! www.kfvs12.com/2026/01/27/i...
Nearly three years of war have plunged Sudan “into an abyss of unimaginable dimensions” and human rights must be at the centre of efforts to end the fighting and build lasting peace, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Sunday in Nairobi.
Looking back, everyone will one day realize that all that woke stuff was right. Unfortunately, being right won’t erase the suffering.
“What I do think is that it has become normalized in modern behavioral genomics to do what you have to do in order to make every result, no matter how small, look like a win for team genetics”
ericturkheimer.substack.com/p/within-fam...
Evolutionary psychology makes a big to-do about their finding that sexual selection favors a "feminine body type" that "signals fertility/reproductive potential", including some rather... silly research. Turns out, those traits don't seem to signal reproductive success. Oops! doi.org/10.1017/ehs....
We're excited to share the final version of our paper, where we demonstrate how confounding remains a thorny problem for claims about causal genetic influences on human behavioral and socioeconomic outcomes. (w/ @jedidiahcarlson.com @oliviarxiv.bsky.social Ruth Shaw @arbelharpak.bsky.social) 🧵👇
Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
"I want to assure the consulate... that I'm very content with the revocation of my visa."
Biological Anthropologists! The AABA (US) IDEAS Program is welcoming applications for BOTH Student Scholars and Faculty Scholars.
The Faculty Scholar deadline is October 15th, and the Student Scholar deadline is October 31st. Please share this call widely!
Flyers for each, below:
✨ Free DNA Tests for Illinois Residents! ✨
Discover your family’s story with the Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program.
Led by Dr. LaKisha David, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
📩 Sign up today at www.takir.org
📬 If you live in Illinois and haven’t yet requested your free DNA kit, you can still sign up while supplies last at www.takir.org.
Together, we are building bridges across time, family, and history. 💚
Every kit brings us one step closer to reconnecting families and uncovering powerful stories of heritage and history. We are thrilled to see so many communities joining this journey with us.
These kits are heading to families across Illinois—from Chicago, Champaign, Evanston, Homewood, Skokie, Oak Park, Naperville, Hazel Crest, Rockford, Collinsville, Fairview Heights, Peoria, Urbana, and more.
✨ Exciting update from the Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program! ✨
We are preparing to mail out 95 DNA kits to participants who recently ordered them.
We're in the Chicago Tribune! www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/d...
"After taking the tests at the committee’s table, African American descendants of enslaved individuals have the opportunity to explore their genealogy as a form of cultural healing, according to La Kisha Latham, a TaKiR community affiliate."
"Evanston’s Reparations Committee also participated in the event by passing out free DNA kits as part of the statewide Family Roots Pilot Program, an ongoing collaboration with the African Kinship Reunion (TAKiR) project."
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/06/23/t...
"Race, ethnicity don’t match genetic ancestry, according to a large U.S. study
Data from the All of Us program confirm what many geneticists have long promoted
5 Jun 202511:00 AM ETByRodrigo Pérez Ortega"
www.science.org/content/arti...
"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."
📣 Latest from the lab: Performance of deep-learning-based approaches to improve polygenic scores www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Its thought deep learning will substantially improve PGS but the reality is MANY have tried but no/little gain has been seen so far. Here we report our negative results.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1223178904...
"They welcome me and our family back into the fold. Whether they were Mandinka or Wolof or whether they were Igbo. I am one proud African." — H Okafor (An African American man speaking on his experiences finding African relatives)
www.takir.org Voices of Discovery: Family Identity
Rep Carol Ammons will also talk about the motivation behind the Family Roots Pilot Program and free DNA testing to learn about African heritage as supported by Illinois House Resolution 453 (HR0453) and Senate Resolution 590 (SR0590).
Peres will be joined by Illinois State Representative Carol Ammons. Together, they will lead a reflective and interactive conversation on the historical tensions between Africans and African Americans, the healing power of shared stories, and the pathways being created for reconnection.
Bound: Africans vs. African Americans
Film Screening & Community Discussion
Join us for an evening of powerful storytelling with award-winning filmmaker Peres Owino.
Food will be provided.
Make sure you RSVP by getting a ticket.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1223178904...
