Stephanie Haft represented UCSF brainLENS at Eye to Eye National’s Young Leaders Organizing Institute. The Young Leaders Organizing Institute is a four-day celebration that helps Eye to Eye Chapter Leaders build leadership and empowerment skills through workshops, lectures, activities, and community fun. Stephanie spoke about UCSF’s partnership with Eye to Eye, funded by the Oak Foundation.

LENS director Dr. Fumiko Hoeft and LENS postdoc Dr. Roeland Hancock, along with Dr. Jason Zevin (USC) organized a one-day symposium on “Biological and Environmental Factors that Impact Multilingualism.” The symposium discussed endogeous and exogeneous sources of variability relevant to cross-linguistic and cross-cultural studies of language and literacy. An exciting array of keynotes took place at the conference, including talks on cognitive models, linguistic background, music and language, and environment.