A report co-authored by UCLA School of Law professor Ann Carlson has found that an unused provision of the Clean Air Act authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and implement an economy-wide, market-based program to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and achieve the Obama Administration’s pledge at the recent U.N. climate change talks in Paris.
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Many of UCLA’s most well-known energy and sustainability experts- including Grand Challenges leader, Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability Mark Gold, and James Liao (department of Chemistry and Biochemistry), and Rajit Gadh (UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) – participated in the UCLA-Tata Global Forum. The event, which was jointly initiated by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Chairman of Tata Trusts Ratan Tata, demonstrates how UCLA’s research on the environment, energy and sustainability- showcased in the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge- is relevant to megacities worldwide.
Source: UCLA-Tata Global Forum in India draws policy makers, academic and business leaders UCLA Newsroom, 14 Jan. 2016
Additional coverage of the UCLA-Tata Global Forum:
Tata Trusts and UCLA host two-day global forum “Innovating for a Sustainable Energy Future” The Economic Times, 11 Jan. 2016
African-American students feel less emotionally prepared for college than white students do, and they’re also more likely to keep their worries to themselves, according to the results of a national poll released on Wednesday. Black students also didn’t seek help as often as white students for their mental and emotional problems when experiencing depression, anxiety, or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Jed Foundation has announced their partnership with the Steve Fund to provide colleges and universities with recommended practices for improving support for the mental health and emotional well-being of America’s college students of color. In addition, new data demonstrating the urgency of improving mental health support for students has been released.
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Vickie Mays (department of Psychology, Fielding School of Public Health), Gilbert Gee (Fielding School of Public Health) and Susan Cochran (Fielding School of Public Health) provide research that shows people who become targets of discrimination can suffer effects ranging from low self-esteem to a higher risk for developing stress-related disorders such as anxiety and depression.
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