Web tool co-created by UCLA a veritable ‘Swiss Army knife’ for land management
LandCART uses machine learning to assess changes in vegetation and ground cover across the American West.
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UCLA advocates for campus station on Metro’s proposed Sepulveda rail line
This location would promote fair access to UCLA for as many people as possible.
UCLA in the News February 24, 2022
Highlights from the Los Angeles Daily News, the New Yorker, the Washington Post and others.
UCLA again breaks applications record, sees steep rise in top California applicants
Freshman applications from in-state students jumped by 9% this year, and UCLA was once more the most applied-to university in the nation.
‘Take a seat at the table’: Mural welcomes people to the Black Bruin Resource Center
Student artist Maia Hadaway created a cafeteria-like scene of generations of important Black Bruins and civil rights leaders for the center.
Program helps build the foundation — and networks — to help women become university leaders
UCLA has women serving as mentors and getting support as mentees in the Association of Pacific Rim Universities’ efforts.
Telling the Stories of Climate Change
Although science is the basis of Peter Prengaman’s work as a climate and environmental news director, he always looks for the human angle.
A lesson in state-sanctioned injustice
The past becomes personal for UCLA students studying the experiences of Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II.
Intricacies of L.A.’s urban ecosystem are focus of new UCLA podcast
“The Labyrinth Project” engages listeners in a range of ecological conundrums that are as interconnected as the city’s ecosystems.
Forest fires increasingly affecting rivers and streams – for better and worse
A UCLA-led study finds greater “streamflow” may mean more water for the West, but it could also increase the risk for floods and landslides.
Taner Akçam to lead UCLA’s Armenian Genocide Research Program
Housed within the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, the program will provide a home for scholarly activities relevant to the genocide.
UCLA in the News February 18, 2022
Highlights from KPCC-FM, NBC's “Today,” the Los Angeles Times and others.
UCLA, partners win Department of Energy grant to boost diversity in field of nuclear physics
A new pilot program aims to help low-income, first-generation and historically underrepresented students pursue graduate studies and research careers.
In memoriam: Robert Hayes, 95, pioneer in the field of information science
Hayes was a former mathematician whose work had a major impact on information policy and the economics of research library operations.
Song Li receives $1.3 million to develop stem cell-derived therapy for type 1 diabetes
Li’s approach to treating diabetes utilizes tiny particles secreted by cells in the body that are known to facilitate communication between cells.
Even in Southern California, wildfire frequency is likely to increase by end of century
Regionally tailored responses will be required to reduce the risk over the next several decades.
In study led by UCLA professor, woman with HIV is in remission
Dr. Yvonne Bryson, a pediatric infectious disease expert, led the multicenter study.
The landmark film that let Black entertainers ‘steal the show’ in classic Hollywood
Q&A with historian Miriam Petty about “Stormy Weather,” which the UCLA Film & Television Archive will screen on Feb. 19
UCLA in the News February 16, 2022
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Computer scientist Cho-Jui Hsieh awarded grant from Okawa Foundation
Hsieh, has received the research grant for his work on machine learning.
Tommaso Treu named an American Astronomical Society fellow
Treu was recognized for his discoveries on the nature of dark matter and the expansion history of the universe.