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Herbie Hancock to be new namesake for Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA
The institute will continue to provide full two-year scholarships for six to eight international musicians participating in a prestigious master’s degree program.
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UCLA cell study reveals how head injuries lead to serious brain diseases
The life scientists have provided the first cell “atlas” of the hippocampus — the part of the brain that helps regulate learning and memory — when it is affected by traumatic brain injury.
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One of two buildings at UCLA research station burned in Woolsey fire
No research was lost at the La Kretz Center Field Station structure, but the wildfire’s effect on the broader habitat will affect several ongoing studies.
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Miranda Wang and BioCellection win 2018 Pritzker Award for young environmental innovators
The 24-year-old entrepreneur invented a process that breaks the chemical bonds between plastic molecules, turning material that would otherwise be nonrecyclable into valuable chemicals.
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UC extends undergraduate application deadline for students affected by recent wildfires
Prospective students may request to extend the fall undergraduate application deadline and receive fee waivers.
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UCLA Department of Theater announces 2018-2019 season
It includes two plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel and Maria Bello’s virtual reality presentation, “The Sun Ladies Project.”
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Researchers identify a mechanism that fuels cancer cells’ growth
The study suggests that lung cancer can be detected earlier, when it is much easier to treat.
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UCLA and LADWP to fund water and energy research benefiting customers
The partnership will enable the city to manage water supplies more sustainably, become more energy efficient and increase use of clean energy.
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Team determines how cholesterol moves inside cells
High-density lipoprotein, or HDL, sometimes referred to as “good” cholesterol, is brought from the outer wall to the interior of the cell by a protein that helps create a “bridge” between the two areas.
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$1 million gift will create two Taiwan studies endowments at UCLA Asia Pacific Center
The donation, from the J. Yang and Family Foundation, will provide scholarships for undergraduates and graduate students, and support academic programming.
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Golden opportunity for UCLA Bruin Marching Band: performing with Muse in song on new album
The bonus version of the hit song ‘Pressure’ was recorded on campus in June in the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center at the Herb Alpert School of Music.
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Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel named Playwright-in-Residence at UCLA TFT in 2018-19
Vogel has been named the school’s inaugural Hearst Theater Lab Initiative Distinguished Visiting Playwright-in-Residence.
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Without electric grid upgrades, heat-related power outages in L.A. County are guaranteed by midcentury
Without changes being made by 2040, the report found, certain locales would be guaranteed to experience power failures at the hottest times of the year.
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UCLA researchers and partners work with sushi restaurants to reduce seafood fraud
The Los Angeles Seafood Monitoring Project is seeking to reduce sushi fraud and the mislabeling of fish.
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Fellowship co-led by UCLA prepares ethnic media to better cover California water issues
The Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies was founded in 2016 to support the creation of media about environmental issues for non-English speakers and people from different cultural backgrounds.
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New mobile device identifies airborne allergens using deep learning
UCLA researchers invented a portable device that uses holograms and machine learning to measure bioaerosols from living organisms like plants or mold.
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New hope for Southern California’s besieged wetlands
UCLA research shows that swift public action could actually result in more wetlands.
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Study links gene mutation to neurodevelopmental disorders
A UCLA mouse model could deepen understanding of the same diseases, such as anxiety disorders, in children.
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Low-fat diet increases cancer survival rate in mice, study finds
Research led by UCLA scientists shows that dietary changes could potentially help kill cancer cells in children with leukemia.
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Three neuroscientists earn prestigious NIH grant for brain research
The $3.7 million, three-year grant will go toward research aimed to develop imaging technology that allows the recording of tens of thousands of neurons to better understand how the brain goes awry in disease.
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$1.5 million gift and UCLA matching funds create 3 new fellowships for physics graduate students
The awards honor Julian Schwinger, who was considered one of the 20th century’s preeminent physics scholars.
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9 in 10 Californians have health insurance, but federal policy changes signal turbulence ahead
The continuing low proportion of uninsured state residents illustrates the continued success of the Affordable Care Act, according to a UCLA policy brief.
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UCLA ranked No. 13 ‘Best Global University’ by U.S. News & World Report
UCLA is also the No. 3 American public university among the top 1,250 universities in 75 countries that were considered in the evaluation.
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$25 million gift will advance Parkinson’s research at UCLA
The contribution, from the Steven Gordon Family Foundation, will fund research, establish five faculty chairs and support a new lab where scientists can closely examine the mechanisms of the disease.
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Ronald S. Brookmeyer named interim dean of UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Among his many accomplishments, the biostatistics professor earned worldwide recognition for predicting the magnitude of the HIV/AIDS epidemic beginning in the mid-1980s.
- Tuesday, November 20, 2018