Grand Challenges

UCLA-Tata Global Forum in India draws policy makers, academic and business leaders

Smriti Zubin Irani, Indian minister of human resource development, speaks with UCLA Vice Provost Cindy Fan at the UCLA-Tata Global Forum held in New Delhi this week.

Courtesy of Tata Trusts

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

Sustainable LA

GM is working with Lyft to build an army of self-driving cars

Parking research conducted by Donald Shoup (Luskin School of Public Affairs, department of Urban Planning) was referenced in the Huffington Post’s conversation about GM and Lyft’s plans to collaborate on a fleet of “self-driving cars” that can be summoned by app.

Psychiatrist to Lead Major UCLA Study Seeking Genetic Links in Depression

Jonathan Flint

The Chronicle of Higher Education features Jonathan Flint who was just recruited UCLA from Oxford to lead the components of the Depression Grand Challenge.

Sustainable LA

Thirst-quenching as Los Angeles heats up: Next Wave @ UCLA

Alex Hall presenting on the role of climate change in the future of water in Los Angeles during “Next Wave: Thriving in a Hotter Los Angeles” at the Hammer Museum.

Next Wave/ the Hammer Museum

UCLA’s Hammer Museum hosted the final iteration of its 2015 program “Next Wave: Quality, Quantity, and Accessibility to Water in the 21st Century”. The final presentation grappled with issues closest to home, largely under the purview of the goals articulated by the ambitious Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.