UCLA, in collaboration with several community partners, is hosting two local candidate forums on September 28 at the Hammer Museum. This in-person event will feature LA City Council District 5 candidates Katy Young Yaroslavsky and Sam Yerbi and LA County Board of Supervisors District 3 candidates Bob Hertzberg and Lindsey Horvath. Both forums will be co-moderated by Darnell Hunt, UCLA executive vice chancellor and provost and Alex Cohen, anchor of “Your Morning” and host of “Inside the Issues” on Spectrum News 1. The City Council forum begins at 7 p.m. and the County Board of Supervisors forum begins at 8 p.m. Admission is free, but seats are limited; register online
here. The event will also be livestreamed on the Hammer Channel.
Once again, UCLA has topped U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” rankings. UCLA’s excellence is also rooted in efforts that go beyond the rankings, including being the only campus in the UC system to guarantee housing to all undergraduates.
Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the National Science Foundation, met with UCLA students, faculty members and administrative leaders last week, offering words of inspiration on how researchers can best influence and guide the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Chancellor Block and Michael Russell, the new executive director of the Westwood Village Improvement Association, share UCLA’s connections to Westwood and how to get involved in local government and learn about the issues facing the local community.
The senior administrator of campus initiatives at the Chicano Studies Research Center helps lead efforts for UCLA to achieve Hispanic-Serving Institution designation.
The National Water Research Institute has selected the professor of civil and environmental engineering at UCLA’s Samueli School of Engineering, as the 2022 Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize laureate — one of the highest honors in water research, science, technology or policy in the nation.
Webinar (free) & In person
Wednesday, September 21
8:30-11:55 AM (PST)
The UCLA Anderson Forecast will explore the near term implication of slowing economic growth, higher interest rates and a more uncertain world, and the long-term implications with panels on climate change and the economic outlook.
On Saturday September 24, UCLA and USC will team up in a county-wide community service day. Service opportunities will take place across the southland and through alumni networks from Northern California to Miami to Vietnam at various project sites including schools, food banks, parks, shelters, veterans’ facilities, and neighborhood centers. Local elected leaders, district staff and others who are interested are invited to participate in this community event along with student volunteers in action.
Enjoy every Bruin home game without the hassle of driving and parking. Rooter Bus now offers guest passes to the public as a convenient transportation from campus to the Rose Bowl for all home games.
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has been awarded a $13.6 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue to study the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and the long-term impact of infection among U.S. health care workers. The project will enroll 15,000 health care personnel at academic medical centers across the country, including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
On September 14, UC advocates participated in Capitol Hill meetings as part of the Rally for Medical Research, an annual advocacy event promoting the value of federal investment in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and medical research. With support from the NIH, UC researchers are working to cure cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, HIV/AIDS and more.
A $1.67 million gift from the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation will establish the UCLA Dentistry MINDFUL Project. This new program will provide mobile care for geriatric and special needs populations, while offering practical learning for UCLA dental students to train in community-based public health settings.
