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Ann Philbin wins the Getty Prize, steers $500,000 to NPR | Los Angeles Times

NPR is receiving a highly symbolic financial boost days before Congress is expected to vote on the fate of federal funding that supports the news and culture nonprofit. Ann Philbin, former director and current director emeritus of the Hammer Museum at UCLA, has been named this year’s Getty Prize recipient. The honor comes with a $500,000 grant for a nonprofit of the winner’s choice, and Philbin has selected NPR and its Los Angeles member stations, KCRW and LAist. (Philbin was quoted.)

Majority of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions | KTLA-TV

“We started this project because, I think whatever you believe about immigration policy, Americans have a right to know how public dollars and their public prisons are being used. We thought these data could provide the first big glimpse into that in the Trump administration,” said UCLA’s Graeme Blair.

Trump fires off more than 20 letters to trade partners | “CBS Mornings”

“If you look at the pattern of tariffs, it’s really falling disproportionately on countries that are very friendly to the United States. So, we’re in a time of geopolitical fragility, but yet we’re alienating our closest partners and allies,” said UCLA’s Kimberly Clausing (approx. 1:30 mark).

Trump tells Texas GOP to redraw state congressional map | Associated Press

“There comes the point where you slice the baloney too thin and it backfires,” said Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

California keeps cool while other states sizzle | San Francisco Chronicle

But over California, the jet stream has flattened into a fast-moving west-to-east flow of winds, interrupted only occasionally by subtle dips in the upper atmosphere. UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain described this pattern as a “sticky weak disturbance,” and the setup has been on repeat since early June.

West’s megadrought might not let up for decades | New York Times

Park Williams, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who researches water in the West, called the new study “thorough” and “convincing.” Still, he noted that researchers’ computer models underestimated how badly the warm blob — or, as scientists prefer to call it, the negative phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation — can dry out the Southwest.

How to protect yourself from wildfire smoke | Washington Post

(Commentary by UCLA’s Dr. Reza Ronaghi) As a lung disease specialist living in Los Angeles, I’m used to thinking about air quality. I routinely talk to my patients about how air pollution — including the type churned up by our regional wildfires — can hurt their lungs and worsen respiratory symptoms. That’s part of my job.

Tiny region of the brain helps form distinct memories | Medical Xpress

“Our key question was: as an experience unfolds, how does the brain ‘know’ when one meaningful memory has ended and the next should begin?” said UCLA psychology professor and first author David Clewett. “Research has shown that remaining in a stable context, such as the same room, binds sequential experiences together in memory.”

Watchdog group fights to hold deputies accountable for violence | LAist

Joanna Schwartz, a professor of law at UCLA, said that in her research, it’s often only through a lawsuit that evidence is truly tested to see who was at fault in cases like this. “Our law enforcement agencies are pretty uniformly miserable at capturing and making publicly available data about what their officers do,” Schwartz, author of the book “Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable,” told LAist.

L.A. homelessness drops for second year | Bloomberg

Measure ULA, which imposes a levy on property sales above $5 million, caused a 50% drop in such transactions, according to researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.

I traded booze for THC drinks. But are there hidden risks? | The Guardian

“It really depends on the person,” says Ziva Cooper, director of the UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids. Factors like someone’s age, individual vulnerability and what they’re doing while intoxicated can influence the effects, as can frequency and dose of ingestion.