Six proposals led primarily by UCLA units are vying with 261 others for grant funding by the Goldhirsh Foundation, which is hoping to jump-start projects that will make L.A. the best place to play, to connect, to live, create and learn by 2050.
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In a new study, UCLA researchers Alex Hall (department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) and Jim McWilliams (department of Atmospheric and oceanic Sciences) will make the first detailed models predicting how climbing temperatures will affect the coastal climate in four regions.
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A $500,000 gift from Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky will add a laboratory to the La Kretz Field Station located in Malibu. Much of the research conducted there, including that of Sustainable LA faculty member Brad Shaffer, will contribute to the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.
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A $1 million gift from the Emmett Family Foundation and a $1.5 million matching gift challenge will greatly increase UCLA School of Law’s capacity to advance law and policy solutions to pressing environmental issues and to train the next generation of environmental leaders. The newly-established Emmett Institute will be led by UCLA law professors Ann Carlson and Ted Parson, who will serve as faculty co-directors; Sean Hecht and Cara Horowitz, also of UCLA School of Law will be the institute’s co-executive directors.
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