EL CHICANo Weekly
Vol 57, NO. 38
Se ptember 12, 2019
Awar d w in nin g scient ist, p r of esso r of biol og y Adriana Briscoe reveals hidden wor ld of butterf lies Community News You won an award once for distinguished research. What makes your research or instruction distinguished?
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I am fascinated by the sensory world of animals, which is both similar and different from our world. Butterflies can migrate using ultraviolet polarized light, a feature of sunlight we can’t see, and by sensing the earth’s magnetic fields. They can also see colors that we cannot. I often wonder, why is the natural world so colorful? Are all color patterns meaningful to the animals that bear them? Or are some colors meant to help the animals adapt to their thermal environment? I an interdisciplinary take approach to the study of animal coloration and vision. What’s the most interesting science you’ve done in the last five years? Briscoe, cont. on next pg.
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An award-winning scientist and professor of evolutionary biology, Adriana Briscoe studies the evolution of vision in butterflies and how they see color. Briscoe is currently working on her first book, which is a memoir about butterflies. A descendant of Mexican immigrants who fled the Mexican Revolution at the turn of the century and settled in San Bernardino, California, Briscoe has called for more Latino teachers in science. Briscoe is pictured in the greenhouse with a blue morpho, University of California, Irvine, June 2019
G u i l l e r m o J . Va l e n z u e l a F o u n d a t i o n a w a r d s $ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 i n g r a n t s to nine Inland Charities helping families, women in need Community News
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he Guillermo J. Valenzuela Foundation announced today that it has awarded $250,000 in grants to local community organizations that work to improve the health and wellbeing of underserved families in the Inland Empire. Grants were given out at the Foundation’s first awards luncheon, held Wednesday, Aug. 28 at The Mexico Café in San Bernardino. Founded and funded by longtime Inland Empire physician and philanthropist Dr. Guillermo Valenzuela, the Foundation has awarded nearly $700,000 in grants since its launch in 2015. The Foundation’s 2019 grants were provided to local non-profit organizations whose activities align with the Foundation’s mission of expanding access to healthcare and improving quality care by addressing the Inland Empire’s shortage of physicians and healthcare providers. “I am delighted that our 2019 Foundation grants are supporting
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Dr. Guillermo J. Valenzuela (right) and Lina Paredes (left) of the Valenzuela Foundation present a check for $30,000 to Margarita Luna and Max Freund of The Funders Alliance and The Community Foundation. such incredible organizations, each of which plays a crucial role in improving the health, wellbeing, and potential opportunities of families and women in need across the Inland Empire,” Valenzuela said. “The care, services and most importantly, the compassion provided by these organizations across the Inland
Region are absolutely vital to improving outcomes for the most vulnerable among us.” The grants ranging from $20,000 to $30,000 each were awarded to: Catholic Bernardino
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Counties to assist with critical funding for casework staff to increase the stability, health and safety of 100 low income women and their families. Desert Sanctuary, Inc. of Barstow to support women and children seeking refuge from vioAwards, cont. on next pg.