The UCLA Anderson School of Management received an $11 million donation from James Easton to promote education in research and technology leadership, officials announced Thursday. The donation will allow the school to officially expand the Easton Technology Leadership Program into a center for the School of Management to develop relationships with technology industries, said Guillaume […]
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Professor receives grant to research on improving astronauts’ health
Having grown up listening to his father’s stories of survival in the Holocaust, Raphael Rose developed an interest in behavioral psychology and the effects traumatic experiences can have on a person. “I realized that (behavioral psychology) is something that could help a lot of people and my interest took off from there,” he said. Rose, […]
Luskin School of Public Affairs dean to leave UCLA
The dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs was named chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, officials announced Friday. Frank Gilliam, named dean in 2008, has played roles in furthering UCLA’s civic engagement through research and partnerships within the community, according to a UCLA statement. Gilliam previously worked as a […]
Social science prizes to promote transparency in research
The Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science, named in part after UCLA professor Edward Leamer, will be awarding grants of up to $15,000 for researchers. The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences, or BITSS, will be awarding prizes to educators and scholars worldwide for research that is transparent and open in a competition […]
NCAA, Department of Defense fund $30 million study on concussions
Each time a UCLA football player experiences a head-on-head collision during a practice or game, researchers can track the hit to detect the speed, angle, velocity and force imparted on the athlete’s head. This new development is part of a three-year national concussion study which planted sensors in the helmets of 27 UCLA football players […]
Q&A: Substance abuse programs director discusses gap in LGBT health care
A recent UCLA study found that members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are more likely to avoid seeking medical help than heterosexual individuals due to fear and social stigma. The UCLA study, which also addressed the limited number of LGBT-competent physicians available, found that only 9 percent of medical practices in the […]
Stem cell study yields positive development in neuron disease research
UCLA scientists have discovered a way to create motor neurons from embryonic stem cells to use in research studies examining nervous system diseases. To study diseases like Lou Gehrig’s disease and spinal muscular atrophy, different kinds of motor neurons are required to model the diseases. Motor neurons, which originate in the spinal cord, control movement […]