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Supreme Court case of Trump vs. ‘Dreamers’ may come down to Chief Justice Roberts | Los Angeles Times
UCLA law professor Hiroshi Motomura, an expert on immigration law, said the court’s opinion by Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw “reminds me very much of Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion in the census case.” Motomura said the judge ruled that DACA could be rescinded, but there had to be a valid reason articulated. The decision could not rest on the “erroneous premise” that DACA was unlawful, the judge said.
UCLA now has the first zero-emission, all-electric mobile surgical instrument lab | TechCrunch
Take the new UCLA mobile surgical lab developed by Winnebago, for instance — it’s a zero-emission, all-electric vehicle that will move back and forth between two UCLA campuses, collecting, sterilizing and repairing surgical instruments for the medical staff there. Why is that even needed? The usual process is sending out surgical instruments for this kind of service by a third-party, and it’s handled in a dedicated facility at a significant annual cost. UCLA Health Center estimates that it can save as much as $750,000 per year using the EV lab from Winnebago instead.
UCLA stands with DACA recipients and all immigrant students on campus | Patch
A statement to the campus community from Chancellor Gene Block and Abel Valenzuela, special advisor to the chancellor: Today, the University of California is making arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. As the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit UC filed nearly two years ago, we are committed to protecting a critical program that the White House vowed to end in 2017.
The science security threat | Inside Higher Ed
Roger Wakimoto, vice president for research at the University of California, Los Angeles, didn’t soft-pedal the issue as he introduced the session on science and security here Monday at the annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. “We’ve been told repeatedly that this is a partnership,” Wakimoto said of the effort to “protect U.S. science from undue foreign influence,” as the session was titled. “If this is a partnership, stopping our faculty at the airport is not acceptable.”
Capsule living: A ‘cheap’ option for young people flocking to L.A. | Agence France-Presse
Dana Cuff, an architect and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), this type of community presents only a short-term solution. “We basically need to be developing a huge range of options for the kinds of housing that are available,” she said. “To me, co-living pods ... are symptoms of this deep need for a much greater range of housing alternatives.”
A Florida county declared itself a ‘Second Amendment’ sanctuary. It’s not the first to do so | CNN
Red flag laws could raise issues around due process, Adam Winkler, a professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles, says. But it’s the kind of law that’s “likely constitutionally permissible.” “Because it does try to target people who are in real danger and are a danger to themselves or others,” he told CNN.
In the Green Room: Co-executive director of UCLA’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Sean Hecht | Zócalo Public Square
“Vote for people who have good policies, and then tell them why it’s important to uphold those policies,” said UCLA’s Sean Hecht. “Not that people can’t make a difference as individuals, but the real change, sadly, doesn’t come from the choices that you and I make in our daily lives; it comes from policies that we support.”
New high-tech cameras allow neighbors to keep closer watch on streets | NBC4-TV
UCLA law professor and privacy expert Eugene Volokh says some may think it's creepy to be watched so closely, but it isn't against the law. “There is a first amendment right to record things on public streets,” said Volokh. “People can’t break into your home or perhaps even peer through your windows, but if you’re driving down the street, your license plate is visible to the world.”
The good news about 5G security | Wall Street Journal
Some industry experts remain cautious in their appraisal of 5G’s promises. When 5G rolls out broadly, some cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities will likely remain unaddressed, says John Villasenor, a professor of engineering, public policy, law and management at the University of California, Los Angeles. To him, the big question will be how much damage those risks can cause. “I’m not very confident that we’re going to be on top of these problems,” Prof. Villasenor says. “People only get cybersecurity right after they get it wrong. We’re going to learn the hard way, and hopefully the mistakes will not be particularly costly and harmful.”
The value of a high school degree has collapsed since 1980 | CBS News
Workers with advanced degrees who work more than 40 hours a week have boosted their income since 1980, according to a new study from economists at UCLA and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile…. “To end this essay provocatively, we suggest we may be returning to the income inequality of the Victorian age but with talent replacing land as the source of inherited wealth and power,” the economists, Chile’s J. Rodrigo Fuentes and UCLA’s Edward E. Leamer, wrote in the paper.
Californians close to wildfires are more likely to vote green | The Economist
Chad Hazlett of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Matto Mildenberger of the University of California, Santa Barbara, combined satellite data on Californian wildfires that burned at least 5,000 acres with the results of four climate-related ballot measures put to voters in the state between 2006 and 2010. The authors found that voters who lived within 15km (nine miles) of a recent wildfire were four to six percentage points more likely to support pro-climate initiatives than those living 35-40km away. Each additional 10km reduced environmental zeal by around 1.7 percentage points, on average.
How this entertainment and sports attorney is bringing diversity to both industries | Forbes
[Jaia] Thomas is currently an adjunct professor at UCLA, where she teaches about law and the entertainment industry…. Thomas recently launched Diverse Representation, a platform aimed at increasing the exposure and number of African-American agents, attorneys, managers and publicists working in the sports and entertainment industries, due to noticing a void in both industries. In addition to hosting various education events, Diverse Representation provides the first-ever comprehensive database of African-American agents, attorneys, managers and publicists who work in the sports and entertainment industry throughout the country.
Gaggle knows everything about teens and kids in school | BuzzFeed
Sarah Roberts, a UCLA professor and a scholar in digital content moderation, told BuzzFeed News that people should be skeptical about the effectiveness of policies based on “three strikes.” “They’re talking about ‘three strikes’ rules and other kinds of quasi-judicial language,” Roberts said. “These framings, we know that three strikes rules are not particularly held in high regard in places like California where they came from. And yet they’re being replicated and seamlessly built into the architecture of these platforms and their whole logic.”
Why being kind could help you live longer | BBC News
The staff at UCLA’s Bedari Kindness institute are ready for the jokes. “We look at the scientific point of view. We aren’t sitting around in circles, holding hands. We’re talking about the psychology, the biology, of positive social interactions,” says Daniel Fessler, the institute’s inaugural director…. “I think it’s fair to say we live in an unkind age right now,” he says. “Both domestically in the United States and around the world, what we are seeing is increasing conflict between individuals who hold different political views or belong to different religions.”
L.A. voided millions of old tickets and warrants. Here’s why it won’t help homeless people | Los Angeles Times
“People who are trying just to survive, without either housing or transportation, are rarely able to appear on citations,” said retired UCLA law professor Gary Blasi, who studies homelessness. “That means every citation given to a homeless person is likely to eventually result in an arrest.... Even one night in jail often results in a person losing everything they own and any place they had in temporary housing.”
These are the world's best gifts to give, according to science | MarketWatch
Several studies suggest experiences provide more lasting happiness than material possessions. But people give things as gifts in part because they don’t want to be empty-handed at a gift exchange, which can feel awkward, said Cassie Mogilner Holmes, an associate professor of marketing at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. People also think of things as lasting longer than experiences. That’s not actually correct. “Experiences are far more emotionally engaging, and surprisingly, are more memorable,” Mogilner Holmes said.
Iran awards prestigious prize to 2 U.S.-educated scientists | Associated Press
Iran on Monday awarded a top prize in the study of science and technology to two U.S.-educated scientists. Vice President Sourena Sattari granted the Mustafa award to five scientists, three Iranians and two Turks, during a ceremony. Among the recipients was UCLA professor Ali Khademhosseini, for his work on the application of nanostructures in the treatment of disease.
You need to earn $127K to afford a home in L.A. | Curbed Los Angeles
Earlier this year, UCLA’s Quality of Life Index found that across income groups, LA County residents are dissatisfied with the cost of housing. More than half of survey respondents, or 57 percent, said they or a close friend or family member had considered moving from their neighborhood in the last few years because of rising housing costs.
School violence: How we can fix at least one of the reasons it persists | CBC Opinion
UCLA Professor Ron Avi Astor, co-author of “Bullying, School Violence and Climate in Evolving Contexts: Culture, Organization and Time,” has published more than 200 academic studies on violent behaviour in schools. In the CBC News series, he confirmed that Canada has no real system at all for collecting data, exemplified by uneven provincial policies, lack of consistent definitions for offenses, varying collection systems, and inaccurate or incomplete statistics.
Is religion off-limits on the job? What the law says may surprise you | Salt Lake Tribune
Trouble is, the standards are “so vague,” says Eugene Volokh, a UCLA professor who specializes in First Amendment and employment law. “Evangelism that comes across as too aggressive or offensive can be actionable.” But how much is too much? Nobody knows, he says. For employers, trying to navigate this line can be “damned if you do; damned if you don’t.”
How a paralyzed veteran is taking action to help other wounded warriors | NBC’s “Today”
By January 2013, [Derek] Herrera was able to return to a desk job at Camp Pendleton. Soon after, he began pursuing an MBA at University of California, Los Angeles. “When I was in business school, I really started thinking,” Herrera said. “Although there were a lot of things I could do, was there something that ONLY I could do? Something that no one else could do?”
Veterans Day held ceremony at UCLA | KNX-AM
A Veterans Day ceremony was held at UCLA today. Christopher Jones served in the Navy. He’s now a Ph.D. candidate here at the university, but it took him three tries to get in. (Also: KPCC-FM)
