Tag: jerome garcia
Research panel discusses various projects
The La Verne Academy lecture series Tuesday featured a panel of faculty from different disciplines, who shared their research approaches and for an audience of 15 in the Quay Davis Executive Board Room.
Faculty lecture focuses on alcohol and Alzheimer’s
Professor of Biology Jerome Garcia presents his recent study, “A Systematic Approach, Liver to Brain Axis, to Alcohol’s Influence on Alzheimer's Disease Development” on Nov. 26 in the Lewis Center Classroom.
Considering obesity’s health effects
Jerome Garcia, professor of biology, discussed his studies of the mitochondria’s ability to enhance respiratory capacity and its role in obesity Tuesday in the Executive Dining Room.
Donor gives major boost to $7 million wellness research center project
The Randell Lewis Center for Wellness and Research is expected to open in fall 2019 at the University of La Verne campus; this $7 million project will be dedicated to research, wellness and healthy lifestyles for students, faculty and community members.
$6 million grant will boost STEM
Associate Professor of Biology and Director of La Verne Experience Kat Weaver, the Office of Sponsored Research and a team of faculty members received a Title III – Hispanic Serving Institution grant of $6 million from the Department of Education to help Latino students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields.
Latino higher education access emphasized
The Latino Education Access and Development conference welcomed educators, parents and middle school to college students to learn about higher education Saturday.