Beginning in the fall of 2022, UCLA will guarantee up to four years of housing in university-owned residences for incoming freshmen and two years for transfer students. The guarantee fulfills a long-held aspiration that campus leaders first articulated in a student housing master plan in 1986 and is the first such commitment among the University of California’s nine undergraduate campuses.
“Living on or near campus contributes greatly both to students’ educational experiences and to the richness of our community,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. “This guarantee represents a crucial milestone for UCLA.”
The Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) hosted a series of local candidate forums for: City Attorney and Council District 5 (December 16, 2021),
LA County Supervisor District 3 (February 15, 2022) and LA Mayor (February 28, 2022). As part of UCLA’s commitment to community and civic engagement, UCLA cosponsored these candidate forums and expects to organize and cosponsor additional events throughout this election year.
The federal award will support a research agenda aimed at reducing HIV transmission across Southern California, the nation and the world, in support of ending the epidemic in the U.S by 2030.
Troy Carter, physics professor and director of the Plasma Science and Technology Institute, participated in a White House summit on the commercialization of fusion energy on March 17. The summit brought together fusion energy leaders to discuss an updated fusion strategy for the United States.
Just as the economy seemed poised to return to some semblance of normalcy, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has injected a new sense of uncertainty and risk into the forecast, along with apprehension about a new world order whose outlines are still unclear.
The grant will support a 12-month project to assess vaccine uptake and risk reduction measures for Black Californians in Los Angeles County. Dr. Vickie Mays and Dr. Ninez Ponce, both professors of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will co-lead the studies.
UCLA Health offers publications for patients and physicians highlighting the latest findings in medicine, research and wellness to support healthy active living.
Women make up 59% of hospital executive leadership at UCLA Health — an achievement far ahead of the national trend. Women also hold leadership roles in many other UCLA Health departments, divisions and programs.
Zev Yaroslavsky, director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, spoke to CBS2 News ahead of Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2022 State of the State address.
L.A. County is home to six oil refineries, pumping more than a million barrels a day. So why are gas prices in L.A. so high? UCLA Anderson economist Leo Feler helps break it down.
