“The entire educational experience of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will be deeply transformed by the high-quality, acoustically crafted, foundational spaces made possible through the Herb Alpert Foundation’s ongoing philanthropic leadership,” said Eileen Strempel, the school’s dean.
UCLA professors Leisy Ábrego, Laura Gómez and Floridalma Boj López will serve on the scholarly advisory committee for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino. They will provide input on the newest Smithsonian’s plan to preserve, document, display, interpret and promote knowledge of U.S. Latino history, art and culture.
The Rose Bowl Stadium has dedicated the UCLA Home Locker Room in honor of former UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young. The Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation recognized Young’s historic 29-year tenure as chancellor of UCLA from 1968 to 1997 and, in particular, the decision he made in 1982 to select "America’s Stadium," the Rose Bowl, as the home field of UCLA football.
A UCLA Health expert addresses common areas of concern about the new sub variant of Omicron. Viruses mutate to survive — we saw it with the delta and omicron variants of COVID-19. Now the BA.2 sub variant of omicron has COVID-19 case numbers rising again in East Asia and Europe, and some Americans are concerned.
Arturo Vargas Bustamante, PhD, associate professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, on effects of cuts in COVID relief response efforts on Latinos.
Latino, Black and low-income people with inadequate health care could suffer the most. California doesn’t have many long COVID specialists, and disadvantaged communities are underserved.
The California Department of Public Health is collaborating with UCSF and UCLA on a national study tracking the aftermath of COVID infections through patient surveys.
UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge Director Paul Ong spoke to the Los Angeles Times about the decline in California’s population, largely driven by lower immigration, fewer births and pandemic deaths. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, California experienced a net loss of 262,000 residents between July 2020 and July 2021, mostly from Los Angeles County. Ong pointed out that while the COVID-19 pandemic probably played a role in less immigration, the number of international migrants has been steadily declining for several years. Ong said that a shrinking population can have a negative effect on the local economy and result in a decrease in the number of skilled workers in a region.
