Donald Shoup (distinguished research professor of urban planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs) authored a piece in Bloomberg CityLab about an upcoming Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority pilot program and the potential value of congestion pricing.
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UCLA Depression Grand Challenge Co-Director Michelle Craske (psychology and psychiatry professor) will be a featured speaker at a virtually streamed Scientific Symposium presented by One Mind on September 12, 2020. One Mind’s 26th Music Festival for Brain Health will celebrate groundbreaking ideas, brain health, and community with a virtually streamed concert and Scientific Symposium. This is the first time the event will be virtual.
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A new grant from the California Strategic Growth Council will fund a UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation analysis of micro-scale, or street-level, interventions to reduce heat for pedestrians and transit riders at bus stops and other streetscapes.
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California’s programs to subsidize rooftop solar and plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles are disproportionately benefiting the wealthiest communities in Los Angeles County, a new study from UCLA’s California Center for Sustainable Communities (CCSC) has found.
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UCLA announced that Cleveland Cavaliers star and former UCLA standout committed $500,000 through his foundation to establish a new Kevin Love Fund Centennial Chair in psychology. Love’s contribution, matched by the Centennial Term Chair Match, will fund research aimed to prevent, diagnose, treat and end the stigma around anxiety and depression. The news was announced concurrent withg Love’s acceptance of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award during the 2020 ESPY Awards for his openness and advocacy around mental health.
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