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New report on climate change in the Sierra Nevada shows need for human adaptation
From water resources to wildfires, UCLA research reveals a climate future that will have wide-ranging consequences.
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Exceptional Bruins to be honored by UCLA Alumni Association
Awardees include the president of KCRW, an Olympic medalist and the founders and owners of a vineyard that has directed millions of dollars to mental health research.
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Leading by example: UCLA teaches how to do a Grand Challenge
To better assist other universities with these major initiatives, UCLA has released a report offering guidance.
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UC, other universities form international coalition for accelerating local climate action
UCLA is already leading the way through its Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.
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Bill Walton highlights UCLA Sustainability during basketball telecast
The Bruins’ basketball legend told the Pac-12 Network audience about the campus’s energy-efficiency initiatives, including the bike share program and tower gardens, during a victory over Stanford.
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UCLA faculty voice: Defeating depression
UCLA Magazine: Chancellor Gene Block outlines the university’s plan to bring together researchers across campus to address this devastating illness.
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Study shows stigma around mental health on campus correlates with students not seeking treatment
In places where UCLA researchers found higher levels of stigma, students were more likely to report they seek treatment from a religious group or a religious leader.
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Voluntary mental health screening program identifying at-risk students at UCLA
The screenings are an important part of the Depression Grand Challenge, which was launched by UCLA in 2015 to reduce the burden of depression worldwide.
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Treating depression requires a multifaceted approach
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and other experts on a Zócalo/UCLA panel shared new directions researchers are exploring and emphasized the importance of open communication.
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UCLA helps many to live long and prosper
Through collaboration across campus and across disciplines, UCLA has improved the medical prognosis of millions of people in the past 10 years.
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Broad array of UCLA community members advocate to elected officials in downtown L.A.
UCLA Day with Local Government in downtown Los Angeles shows the resources and partnerships available between the university and county and city officials.
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UCLA to offer free mental health screening, treatment to all incoming students
The voluntary service announced by Chancellor Gene Block will eventually be made available to the entire campus community, including those receiving care through UCLA Health.
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Can L.A. go local for its future water supply?
UCLA environmental researchers create comprehensive model to find out how Los Angeles County can reduce its reliance on imported water.
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UCLA doctors use magnetic stimulation to ‘rewire’ the brain for people with depression
The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is one of a handful of hospitals and clinics nationwide that offer a treatment that works in a fundamentally different way than drugs.
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Experts come up with surprising solutions to climate change in new UC/Vox video series
The first episode features UCLA environmental economist Magali Delmas.
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Sustainable LA Grand Challenge awards $1M to 8 research projects
The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge awarded its second round competitive research grants this month, providing $1 million to eight new projects focusing on renewable energy, transportation and urban ecosystems.
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Campus takes major strides in first year of UCLA Depression Grand Challenge
UCLA scientists have already established national and international collaborations, begun a series of studies and implemented a program that screens and treats students for depression.
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Re-envisioning Wilshire Boulevard for a more populous and sustainable future for L.A.
New reports show how to add 1.5 million people to the county while preserving the vast majority of the area’s character and staying lower density than Manhattan.
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UCLA celebrates its community impact during downtown reception
The UCLA in Downtown Los Angeles event was the culmination of three weeks of local advocacy efforts by students, faculty, staff and alumni who canvassed the county.
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UCLA launches new incubator focused on environmental narratives
The Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies, or LENS, aims to spur new thinking about the role of multimedia storytelling to drive sustainability.
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UCLA awarded grant to study depression in older adults
Gaining a better understanding the risks and benefits of antidepressant strategies in older adults could improve the quality of life of seniors.
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Power users in Los Angeles: Learning to waste less
The L.A. Energy Atlas project, a first-of-its-kind interactive website, enables policymakers and the public to sort energy consumption and emissions by building size, neighborhood and other metrics.
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UCLA faculty voice: How a public university can help fix a city’s Achilles’ heel?
Lee Cooper writes about how UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge will leverage the university’s students to make Los Angeles energy and water independent.
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UCLA to participate in White House Water Summit
As part of the United Nations World Water Day on March 22, UCLA will take part in Tuesday’s White House Water Summit that aims to raise awareness of water challenges in the United States.
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$1.2 million awarded to research projects to help Los Angeles County thrive despite climate change
The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge’s first competitive research grants will go to 11 projects, ranging from developing lightweight solar panels that double as batteries to studying the costs of algae-based biofuels.
- Monday, May 21, 2018