On Dec. 11, the UCLA Labor Center’s historic MacArthur Park building was officially named the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center in honor of Lawson, one of the civil rights movement’s most-prominent leaders of non-violent protest and a UCLA labor studies faculty member. Among those present at the momentous event were several elected officials who represent Los Angeles at the local, state and federal levels and who have long supported the center’s research, education and service programs.
UCLA Technology Development Group (TDG) promotes UCLA innovation, research, education and entrepreneurship to benefit society. In this issue, you will read about the New Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence by Amazon and the road taken by a novel technology for predicting gestational diabetes from research to a startup company.
By leveraging local, state and federal funding, California’s education system has a unique opportunity to strategically support a more diverse and sustainable workforce, while also addressing the state’s dire teacher shortages. UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools has a new policy brief highlighting opportunities for recruiting, preparing, and retaining California educators of color.
The Great Wall of Los Angeles — a monumental, half-mile mural depicting the multicultural history of the state from prehistoric times to the 1950s. The brainchild of artist, activist and UCLA professor emerita Judy Baca, the masterpiece is indeed “great” in every way imaginable — size, scope, ambition, creativity and impact.
Eight members of the UCLA football team mentored student-athletes at Crenshaw High School on and off the field this summer and fall. The Bruin mentors all are graduate students enrolled in the Transformative Coaching and Leadership Program at the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies.
In-person keynote presentation and four breakout sessions on topical issues, plus a closing panel discussion centered around the Los Angeles mayoral race.
A new study led by Dr. Otto Yang, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases and of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, indicates that a combination of vaccination and previous infection may provide better protection against new COVID-19 variants than either one alone.
A new project featuring UCLA’s Lara Cushing is featured in the Los Angeles Times. Cushing’s work highlights the impacts that climate-related sea level rise will have on California in the next 100 years. This includes the flooding of 400 toxic sites.
