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UCLA Sustainability Plan Demonstrates Campus’ Progress Toward Green Initiatives
Earth Day is here, and our blue and gold university has gotten a shade greener. From sustainable food choices to energy-efficient buildings and native plant landscaping, UCLA has completed several initiatives and made progress toward many…
Historic Donation to UCLA School of Law Propels Latino Legal Scholarship Forward
UCLA School of Law has received a $1 million gift from Alicia Miñana de Lovelace, chair of The UCLA Foundation board, to significantly bolster the law school’s Critical Race Studies program and its forward-looking efforts to promote…
UCLA Study: South L.A. and Antelope Valley Lead L.A. County in Preventable Hospitalizations
If you’re a Los Angeles County resident living with chronic health conditions like diabetes, asthma or hypertension, your risk of a preventable hospitalization or emergency department visit is considerably higher if you live in a…
Differences in Language Clues to Suicide Found Between Men and Women
The suicide rate for men is about four times higher than for women. While men make up 50% of the population, they account for 80% of the suicides. Yet, suicide risk in men often goes unnoticed.
Now new research may offer hope. A UCLA-led…
Stevens School of Business Hosts Trading Day 2024
More than 700 high school students nationwide competed during February in the Stevens School of Business’ virtual trading competition that culminated in the top 25 arriving in Hoboken for the annual Trading Day event to determine this…
Seniors Showcase Stevens’ Research Pillar in Energy & Sustainability at Innovation Expo…
Stevens Institute of Technology, a campus that is powered 100% by renewable energy and holds LEED Gold Certification for green buildings, exerts particular research focus on six specific foundational pillars, one being Energy…
Exploring Extreme Environments: A Focus of Research
A quick scan of Emma Bullock’s CV reads like those of many other MIT graduate students: She has served as a teaching assistant, written several papers, garnered grants from prestigious organizations, and acquired extensive lab and…
Improving AI Helpers: Modeling Human Irrational Behavior as a Starting Point
To build AI systems that can collaborate effectively with humans, it helps to have a good model of human behavior to start with. But humans tend to behave suboptimally when making decisions.
This irrationality, which is…
MIT Enhances Campus Preparedness for Cardiac Emergencies
MIT has launched an initiative to install an automated external defibrillator (AED) in every building on MIT’s campus, including leased spaces and satellite locations. The effort will continue over the course of the upcoming year…
Heather Paxson Appointed Associate Dean for Faculty of MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and…
MIT professor Heather Paxson has been named associate dean for faculty of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS), effective July 1.
Agustin Rayo, the Kenan Sahin Dean of SHASS, describes Paxson as a leader of…