Baljit Khakh, a UCLA professor of physiology and neurobiology, was recently named a 2018 Allen Distinguished Investigator by the Allen Institute. The award will support his lab’s research on astrocytes – understudied brain support cells that make up about 40 percent of our brain and hold key information about neurological disorders. Read more →
UCLA is excited to see another university focus on grand challenges. On November 14, 2018, the University of New Mexico (UNM) launched its Grand Challenge initiative. UNM seeks to identify three Grand Challenge Conceptual Goals focused on issues faced in New Mexico. We are honored that UNM refers its applicants to UCLA and the Report on University-Led Grand Challenges as Read more →
UCLA and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) entered a partnership to fund research that will move the city to clean local water and clean energy over the next five years. This agreement fosters collaborative research across universities in the LA region designed to achieve LA’s local water and energy goals as well as the aims of the Sustainable LA Grand Read more →
On November 8 and 9, 2018, the Depression Grand Challenge (DGC) hosted collaborators from the University of Oulu. Denzil Ferreira and his team from Oulu’s Center for Ubiquitous Computing – Dr. Aku Visuri, Dr. Yuuki Nishiyama, and Kennedy Asare – conferred with DGC members to formalize plans for using their smartphone-based behavior tracking platform in ongoing Read more →
On November 6, 2018, Los Angeles voters approved Measure W, a stormwater collection measure that imposes a parcel tax on private property owners to generate funds for stormwater collection infrastructure. The measure, which required a two-thirds majority to pass, will generate approximately $300 million annually. Read more →