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• 04/05 Undergraduate Research Week Info Session
• 04/08 URW Workshop: Abstract Feedback
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The Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences serves UCLA undergraduates and faculty in all areas of the life and physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Our primary mission is to promote, develop, and celebrate undergraduate student research with the overall goal of enhancing undergraduate education and preparing students, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, for academic and research careers. We invite you to explore our website to find out more about our programs and services. We look forward to meeting you!

WHY DO RESEARCH?

Conducting research as an undergraduate is an excellent way to gain experiences and skills that will benefit you both academically and professionally, preparing you for graduate school and a wide variety of careers.

Participating in undergraduate research lets you:

• Work one-on-one with faculty,
• Participate in cutting-edge research projects with far-reaching impacts,
• Make significant contributions to a field you care about, and
• Enhance your competitiveness for high-level employment and admission to graduate and professional schools.

Our primary mission is to promote, develop, and celebrate undergraduate student research, with the overall goal of enhancing undergraduate education and preparing students for careers in all areas.

Through experiencing the processes of scholarly discovery and the dissemination of their results, students become fully engaged members of the research community.

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CORNERSTONE RESEARCH WORKSHOPS (SPRING 2024)

Cornerstone Research Workshops support you in all stages of the research process, from developing a research question to presenting your work!

Getting Started With Research Workshop

Learn all about the research process and research opportunities at UCLA.

• Thursday, April 4: 4-4:50 p.m., Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Wednesday, April 10: 3-3:50 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Or take this workshop online now

Developing a Research Question Workshop

Learn how to turn your interests into a research question.

• Thursday, April 11: 4-4:50 p.m., Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Or take this workshop online now

Finding Sources at the UCLA Library Workshop

Learn the most effective search strategies for finding what you need.

• Thursday, April 18: 4-4:50 p.m., Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Collecting and Citing Sources Workshop

Learn how to create a customized library of resources for your project.

• Thursday, April 25: 4-4:50 p.m., Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Writing a Literature Review Workshop

Learn how to organize your research into a coherent and compelling literature review.

• Thursday, May 2: 4-4:50 p.m., Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Developing Your Research Plan Workshop

Plan your project from start to finish.

• Thursday, May 9: 4-4:50 p.m., Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center, and the Undergraduate Research Center–Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

RESEARCH METHODS WORKSHOPS (SPRING 2024)

Learn research methods, strategies, and skills for doing research and creative inquiry!

Research and Time Management Workshop

Learn strategies for managing your research and creative project timeline.

• Tuesday, April 9: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Navigating Faculty Mentorships Workshop

Learn how to navigate faculty mentorships while working on your research or creative project.

• Friday, April 12: 2-3 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Quantitative Research Methods Workshop

Learn quantitative methods for conducting north campus research.

• Wednesday, April 17: 2-3 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Interviewing Research Methods Workshop

Learn how to interview research subjects and design questions.

• Wednesday, April 17: 3-4 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Research and Creative Proposal Workshop

Learn how to write proposals for research and creative projects.

• Monday, May 13: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC A (room 307) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Friday, May 31: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Wednesday, June 5: 4-5 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INFO SESSIONS (SPRING 2024)

Find out everything you want to know about applying for research scholarship programs!

URC-HASS Scholarship Info Session

Learn all about the URC-HASS RAP Lab Fellowship , Undergraduate Research Fellows Program (URFP) , Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program (URSP) ,  UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Undergraduate Research Awards (Keck Fellows) ,   Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) , Research Revealed , Summer Fellows Program , and the  Summer Research Incubator , as well as how to apply!

• Tuesday, April 16: 4-5 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

URSP & Keck Scholarship Info Session

Learn all about the Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program (URSP)  and  UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Undergraduate Research Awards (Keck Fellows) , as well as how to apply!

• Friday, May 3: 12-1 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Monday, May 13: 2-3 p.m., Powell Library CLICC A (room 307) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Friday, May 31: 2-3 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Wednesday, June 5: 3-4 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH WEEK WORKSHOPS AND INFO SESSIONS (SPRING 2024)

Find out everything you need to know about UCLA Undergraduate Research Week, UCLA’s largest undergraduate conference!

Undergraduate Research Week Info Session

Learn all about  Undergraduate Research Week 2024 , including how to apply to the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase event and for  awards and prizes .

• Friday, April 5: 2-3 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Abstract & Artist Statement Workshop

Find out how to write an abstract or artist statement for your  Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase  application.

• Friday, April 5: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Monday, April 8: 3-4 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Wednesday, April 10: 4-5 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Virtual Presentation Workshop

Learn how to design a slide deck and give a presentation on Zoom for the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase .

• Tuesday, April 23: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Friday, May 3: 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Thursday, May 9: 3-4 p.m.,Powell Library InqLab3 (room 330) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Tuesday, May 14: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Research Week

Undergraduate research week 2024.

UCLA ranks among the top research universities in the world, and undergraduate research and creative inquiry are key components of the Bruin experience. Undergraduate Research Week celebrates the innovative work of students across campus who are performing research and creative inquiry in all disciplines.

Undergraduate Research Week is a week-long celebration of undergraduate research and creative inquiry at UCLA. Students from all disciplines gather to share their innovative and impactful work with the UCLA community at events such as the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase. Now in its eleventh year, Undergraduate Research Week is UCLA’s largest undergraduate conference.

Undergraduate Research Week 2024 will be held May 20-24, 2024.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH & CREATIVITY SHOWCASE

The Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase is UCLA’s premier undergraduate research symposium. Over one thousand students will gather virtually during Undergraduate Research Week to share their work on student-initiated and faculty-led research and creative projects in livestreamed panels on May 21, 2024 and as recorded presentations and multimedia throughout the week.

DEAN’S PRIZE

The Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research and Creative Inquiry is awarded for outstanding presentations at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase. Seniors who are conducting life science, physical science, or engineering research may submit a supplemental application to be judged by UCLA faculty members. This award identifies students who exemplify excellence in presentation of their faculty-mentored research. Award winners are recognized at the Undergraduate Research Week Awards Ceremony .

For more information and for a list of recent winners, visit the Undergraduate Research Week website .

FACULTY MENTOR AWARD

The Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award honors the considerable dedication of UCLA faculty who consistently and enthusiastically serve as effective mentors to undergraduate students involved in research and creative projects. Students are encouraged to nominate any UCLA faculty member who has supported their professional development through a mutually trusting and respectful relationship. Award recipients will be recognized at the Undergraduate Research Week Awards Ceremony .

For more information, visit the Undergraduate Research Week website.

To enhance student engagement and prepare students to present their projects, the Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences will host several workshops leading up to the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Showcase. These workshops are specifically designed for students presenting life science, physical science, and engineering research projects. Visit the Events page to register for an upcoming workshop.

WRITING AN ABSTRACT

Our Graduate Student Mentors will show you how to effectively summarize your research by writing an abstract. These workshops are designed for students conducting research in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering, and will prepare attendees to submit an abstract for the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase and other conferences.

ABSTRACT FEEDBACK SESSIONS

Bring a printout of your abstract draft and meet one-on-one with one of our Graduate Student Mentors to get personalized feedback. These feedback sessions are designed for students conducting research in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering, and will prepare attendees to submit an abstract for the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase and other conferences. Feedback sessions will be held in-person from April 3-13, 2023. These sessions will be drop-in and first come, first served; no advance registration is required.

PRESENTING YOUR RESEARCH

Our Graduate Student Mentors will show you how to translate your research project into an accessible presentation. These workshops are designed for students conducting research in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering, and will prepare attendees for presenting a virtual or prerecorded presentation at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase.

VIDEO TUTORIALS

Making Effective Bar Graphs

Making Effective Pie Charts

Preparing for your Presentation (coming soon!)

What to Expect at Research Poster Day

Ten Simple Rules for Better Figures (PLOS)

How to give a dynamic scientific presentation (Elsevier)

Powerpoint template for virtual presentations

Powerpoint template for making a 42″ x 42″ poster

The Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences serves current UCLA undergraduates and faculty in all areas of the life and physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Our primary mission is to promote, develop, and celebrate undergraduate student research with the overall goal of enhancing undergraduate education and preparing students, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, for academic and research careers. 

UGRAD Internship Program

The Undergraduate Internship Program (UIP)  is a new initiative from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science to assist Samueli Engineering students by providing resources, information, and opportunities. UIP hosts multiple workshops throughout the year to better prepare students in securing an internship, offers a seminar class further breaking down the internship process, co-hosts the ESUC Industry Liaison Committee along with ESUC, and offers organizations the resource to track attendance of their events.

Get to know this year’s team of peer advisors here !

Unlocking opportunities: Undergraduate scholars programs empower UCLA student researchers across disciplines

Courtesy of Jacquelyn Ardam The UCLA Undergraduate Research Centers’ partnerships with prestigious foundation scholars programs — which include support from the Amgen Foundation, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, W. M. Keck Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation and Mellon Foundation — are a cornerstone of efforts to advance outstanding Bruin undergraduate research.

By Kayla McCormack | April 1, 2024

Nearly 4,000 undergraduates conduct research at UCLA — gaining real-world experience, refining research skills and lab techniques, and building connections with peers and mentors. This opportunity can have a transformative impact as they define their career and educational goals — and, for many, financial support is the game-changer that makes it all possible.

Understanding the essential function undergraduate research plays in a student’s journey, UCLA’s two dedicated Undergraduate Research Centers provide paid research opportunities made possible by generous philanthropic contributions. The centers’ longstanding partnerships with prestigious foundation scholars programs — which include support from the Amgen Foundation, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, W. M. Keck Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation and Mellon Foundation — are a cornerstone of these efforts to advance outstanding Bruin undergraduate research.

Tama Hasson, assistant vice provost for undergraduate research and director of the Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences , emphasizes the importance of providing as many students as possible with access to these grants — and how highly sought-after the awards are on campus. “I would love to be able to provide scholarships or grants for all students who want to do full time research in the summer,” she said. “We get five times as many applications as we have support for.”

“These programs come with significant funding packages that allow the students to do their research: to take trips to archives, to go to conferences, to work less or not at all, to be able to focus on their education while they’re at UCLA,” said Jacquelyn Ardam, director of the Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences .

Together, under Hasson and Ardam’s leadership, the two centers work closely with each foundation partner to administer the highly regarded grants while providing teaching and mentoring resources for student researchers across disciplines.

Since welcoming its first cohort of the Amgen Scholars Program in 2007, UCLA has hosted 336 Amgen Scholars. Each summer a cohort of students, including a few from UCLA, conduct 10 weeks of research and attend networking lunches, workshops and other activities. In November, Amgen renewed its funding commitment to continue supporting future Bruin undergraduate researchers through this program.

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation has supported 44 UCLA students through the Beckman Scholars Program , which launched at UCLA in 1999; open by invitation, the program includes 15 months of research alongside faculty mentors. Students majoring in chemistry or biochemistry as well as microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics or molecular, cell and developmental biology may be eligible.

The Clare Boothe Luce Scholars Program supports women majoring in the physical sciences or engineering who are committed to research careers. The first cohort at UCLA began their two-year program in 2011, and a total of 34 UCLA students have participated since.

“The Clare Boothe Luce Program has been incredibly influential in my decision to pursue continued higher education,” said Lianne Alson, a fourth-year chemistry major and Clare Boothe Luce Scholar. “My research experience has been so positive that I want to stay in academia.”

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship is a two-year program for students who plan to pursue a Ph.D. and career in academia within designated fields in the humanities and social sciences. The fellowship aims to eliminate barriers resulting in the lack of diversity in faculty ranks in academia. UCLA has been hosting Mellon Mays Fellows since 2008, with 75 students having since completed the fellowship.

“If not for this opportunity, my life would have gone in an entirely different direction,” said Jamaal Muwwakkil, a former Mellon Mays Fellow, and current Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA. “It was a great microcosm of what academia would be — and in fact, to me, has shown itself to be.”

Muriel McClendon, associate professor and vice chair for graduate affairs in the department of history as well as associate dean of the division of social sciences at UCLA, serves as chair of the faculty advisory board for the URC – Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and co-director of the Mellon Mays Fellowship Program at UCLA. “Mellon has made an incredible investment in this program,” she said. “One of the things we always say is if students finish this program and go on to graduate school and into faculty positions, Mellon is behind them through the time they get tenure.”

Muwwakkil appreciated the Mellon Mays program’s application deadline allowing for transfer students, he said. He also highlighted the importance of inclusive intake practices when it comes to evaluating applications.

“I was not a traditional, high-resource, competitive applicant, per se. But I was going to take full advantage of every opportunity I got,” said Muwwakkil. “Look for people who aren’t as glossy on the front end, because sometimes this gloss is an index of class status and preparation — not necessarily an index of capacity, capability or creativity.”

Many students work closely with their cohort and develop close bonds with their faculty mentors. “I developed a strong community through the Clare Boothe Luce Program,” Alson said. “There’s eight of us in total. It’s a small group of like-minded individuals all going through similar things, being researchers in the physical sciences.”

The Undergraduate Research Centers continue to expand partnerships to offer research opportunities for undergraduate students, most recently with the W. M. Keck Foundation, whose UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Research Awards program is now in its second year. The program supports 28 students annually and is open to juniors and seniors completing a comprehensive research project within the humanities, arts or social sciences. The W.M. Keck Foundation also provides funding to support graduate students through this program.

Hasson stresses the paramount importance of these undergraduate research programs — and the philanthropic support that makes them possible — in broadening students’ perspectives and shaping their future career paths. “I know I am where I am today because of undergraduate research,” she said. “It’s as simple as that. If you speak to any scientist in any field, whether it’s working for NASA, in academia or in industry, we all started with undergraduate research.”

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Research The role of research at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design is to produce new forms of knowledge.

These forms can be expressed in a variety of ways: from the design of spaces, objects, buildings, urban environments, urban strategy, and images, to a carefully curated exhibition or the writing of a compelling story or scholarly text.

As a Tier 1 public research university, our permanent faculty bring their ongoing research agenda to the context of teaching through advanced-level work. Our collective research interests are diverse and international in their focus, but we often engage city departments and officials around issues impacting the growth of Los Angeles as a case study for a rapidly evolving urban metropolis. While the format of this work can vary, we train future architects and scholars to seek, shape and produce new forms of knowledge in their respective fields.

Research at AUD takes three essential shapes: current endeavors and programming that connect AUD with external partners and colleagues; research conducted via our curriculum and especially our year-long Research Studios; and research led via our Research Centers.

Current Research in Focus

Wildfire workshops: a coordination & conservation plan for high-risk la neighborhoods.

UCLA AUD is working on this effort in conjunction with the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) and other first-response agencies.

A series of collaborative, inclusive workshops over the course of 2024 will encourage residents to share their concerns, an effort to engage public dialogue toward a thorough understanding of the vulnerabilities that communities face with potential wildfires in their neighborhoods. The first workshop is held on April 27, 2024 at AUD's Perloff Hall, with registration and more information available via the project website .

Based on the information collected during its 2024 workshops, the UCLA AUD team will prepare recommendations to improve public safety, property protection, and agencies’ responses for residents living in the Santa Monica Mountains Wildland Urban Interface.

In recent years, UCLA AUD has devoted various research endeavors to climate risk and resilience, with wildfire as one area of particular interest. AUD's Hitoshi Abe and Jeffrey Inaba , alongside Abe's international think tank xLAB , have led a series of research studios under the umbrella "FireLand/FireCity." Among other efforts, this research led to a publication examining the historical and future relationship between the built environment and California wildfires.

Learn more below via "Further Reading"

Participate: UCLA AUD Wildfire Workshops at Perloff Hall and Beyond

Your valuable insights and ideas are essential to safeguarding our homes, preserving our natural surroundings, and strengthening the resilience of the communities in the Santa Monica Mountains.

These sessions will provide an extraordinary opportunity for residents, city departments, urban planners, and other stakeholders to collaborate, identify pressing issues, and collectively develop sustainable solutions. By joining forces, we can forge a path toward a safer and more prepared LA, united in our commitment to protecting our community from the devastating effects of fires.

There will be a series of assemblies, each focusing on the Bel Air community in the Santa Monica Mountains. The last workshop will be held at the UCLA campus, encouraging all of the communities to participate in a general assembly.

Below you will find the location, time and date of each assembly, which community it is geared towards and some of the topics that will be discussed.

APRIL 2024: Assembly #1 at UCLA AUD's Perloff Hall April 27, 2024 Perloff Hall Decafe Specific time TBD

MAY 2024: Assembly #2 Mandeville, Brentwood, Mountain Gate, Encino Collect input from residents & emergency agencies

JUNE 2024: Assembly #3 Tarzana, Woodland Hills, Pacific Palisades, Topanga Collect input from residents & emergency agencies

JULY 2024: Assembly #4 Present findings; input from policymakers & planners; resident and agency feedback

OCTOBER 2024: Recommendations shared online & in print Wildfire resilience through land conservation, management, and sensible development

Research Studios

At a public research university like ucla, new knowledge is a constant pursuit..

AUD's curriculum fosters both research itself, as well as the tools and perspectives that enable the lifelong pursuit of insight and discovery.

Each of our academic programs brings both the spirit and the act of research into their respective curricula. MArch students each take on a year-long Research Studio in their third year of study; therein, they focus their design skills and interests on a substantial, capstone-style project or topic of inquiry. The MSAUD program engages research to question, challenge, and expand the current conventions of architectural practice. For our MA and PhD programs, research is simultaneously purpose, method, and outcome, as students pursue scholarship that aims to provoke and operate within architecture’s public, professional, and scholarly constituencies.

Our course descriptions ( current and historical ) offer portal into the different questions, topics, and interests that animate our research and propel our pursuit of new knowledge and ways of designing.

Research Studio in Focus: Julia Koerner's 2022-2023 studio "Fit for the Future: 3D-Printed Sustainable Building Skins"

Today, age-old questions about aging infrastructure are complicated by the climate crisis: threats like rising, warming seas, or wildfires and extreme heat, call for innovation in how we design our buildings and cities. And, while architects mull these questions, they are also considering their field's contributions to the climate crisis–emissions and carbon footprints, material waste, environmental displacement.

Dilemmas abound, but AUD's Julia Koerner sees immense opportunity around 3D printing at the scale of buildings and houses. It’s an area she has been investigating for years as a professor, architect, researcher, and designer.

Koerner has grown especially interested in training 3D-printing technology to “learn” from nature’s patterns and structures–the logic behind these patterns’ intricacy, the functional outcomes that have enabled some plants and animals to survive for millennia, and their aesthetic beauty. Koerner recently was awarded Honorable Mention in ICON's Initiative 99 competition, with a proposal inspired by cacti

Koerner brought these threads together for her AUD research studio “Fit for the Future: 3D Printed Sustainable Building Skins.” Over the course of the 2022-2023 academic year, twelve students investigated emerging 3D-printing technology and questioned how this innovation, combined with sustainable building materials and methods, may create risk-resilient architecture for the 21st century–architecture that mimics the natural world’s resilience, adaptability, and beauty.

The studio’s proposals gesture toward both tangible, immediate solutions as well as promising research directions and new questions for architecture’s near future.

“The path towards a sustainable future requires a transition from the current linear, extractive, toxic construction practices, towards circular, bio-based, renewable materials and methods,” Koerner says. “We have this current opportunity to really think these questions through, and shape not just new buildings but new systems and approaches to building, to materials, to construction, and to performance.”

Read more: Fit for the Future Studio in focus

Research Centers

One of the avenues through which ucla aud accelerates research is its research centers..

AUD currently has two: cityLAB-UCLA co-founded by Dana Cuff and Roger Sherman , and directed by Dana Cuff, and xLAB founded and directed by Hitoshi Abe . Depending on grant funding secured each year by individual faculty members, students have the opportunity to apply for student researcher positions to support these creative and scholarly efforts.

cityLAB-UCLA

cityLAB-UCLA leverages architecture, planning, and design, to address the most critical urban issues facing our cities today. cityLAB recently capped a 10-year effort to double the density of Los Angeles through the design of backyard homes. By co-authoring Accessory Dwelling Unit legislation (AB 229/SB 1069), we doubled the density of California, creating thousands of small residential jobs for architects and builders. In 2019, cityLAB followed up with a study about technology’s role in meeting the growing demand for backyard homes, and creative new approaches to ADU design-finance-build.

CITYLAB.UCLA.EDU

xLAB is an international think tank initiative that examines architecture’s elastic boundaries and considers new possibilities through interdisciplinary collaboration in the study of the future built environment. xLAB encourages partnerships with a range of industries-including business, technology and science-creating a vast network of possibilities that expands architecture’s role and potential to serve as an active platform in which to “Research, Test, Share” ideas between fields, people, and places.

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Urban Humanities Institute

The UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative (UHI) is a cross-disciplinary teaching and research initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, based within cityLAB-UCLA. UHI integrates the interpretive, historical approaches of the humanities with the material, projective practices of design, to document, elucidate, and transform the cultural object we call the city. Architecture, urban studies, and humanities students are the heart of the program, and over 150 students have completed the year-long Graduate Certificate in Urban Humanities.

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Underground History: Splendor and Misery of the Moscow Metro

A public lecture by GABOR RITTERSPORN, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, Centre d'Etudes des Mondes Russe, Caucasien et Centre-Europeen

Duration: 43:53

The Moscow metro is a rare achievement of the Soviet regime continuing to receive virtually unanimous acclaim from post-Soviet citizens. Even those who decry it as a product of Stalinism recognize qualities of the subway's sumptuous architecture and decoration at least by taking it for spectacular kitsch.

The metro is expected to impress the world. It was intended to convey a clear message at the beginning. For fifty-five years the architecture and decoration had been meant to manifest a will to represent and celebrate the Soviet project, which was supposedly the construction of a radically new world of abundance, justice and happiness. The post-Soviet metro is also grappling with the task of representing values, those of the New Regime's architects.

One can make sense of Soviet and post-Soviet imageries of the best of possible worlds through interpreting the decoration of the underground and putting it in historical perspective. The exercise may reveal meanings contemporaries have been unlikely to grasp. It can also open eyes on trends historians are not necessarily aware of.

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To reduce the nation’s dependence on jails, Vera’s Beyond Jails team is working in jurisdictions across the country to shift resources to community-driven solutions to help people thrive. Vera’s Beyond Jails work has three core strategies: statewide advocacy campaigns and coalition building to create lasting policy change; pilot and build evidence around decarceration strategies; and building will for change in jurisdictions. The team works with local government and community partners to develop plans for jail decarceration, prevent the construction of new jails, and design reinvestment strategies.

The Research Intern role for Beyond Jails is an opportunity for a college or graduate-level student or recent graduate to experience working in a full-time research role at a non-profit organization. Working on the Beyond Jails team will support analysis of administrative data from courts and other justice agencies, to generate descriptive and inferential findings that will inform our policy and advocacy work. The Research Intern will participate in day-to-day team activities including conducting quantitative research about jail incarceration and community supervision, participating in virtual and possibly in-person meetings with state and local community partners, team-building activities, and more.

What you’ll do:

Quantitative analysis of court data

• Using Pennsylvania court data to analyze patterns in pretrial decisions and case outcomes, at the county level
• Preparing these findings for different audiences

Cleaning and analysis of criminal legal system administrative data

• Cataloguing data sources and gathering various types of data, including but not limited to administrative data from criminal legal system agencies, budget data, and socio-economic data;
• Cleaning and analyzing administrative data to answer questions about how local criminal legal systems work;

Writing and presenting literature reviews and memos on pretrial and local criminal legal system issues

• Writing memos or brief reports that document practices and summarize findings;
• Presenting findings and implications for policy to Vera teams and external partners.

What qualifications are we looking for?

• Experience conducting analysis of quantitative data, ideally related to criminal justice or other social policy issues, either on your own or in collaboration with a professor and/or full-time researchers;
• Comfort working with quantitative data, preparing data for analysis, conducting descriptive and statistical analysis;
• Commitment to advancing racial and gender equity in work;
• Curiosity about emerging research and advocacy in the criminal justice space;
• Strong writing skills;

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• Completed or currently enrolled in a social sciences program at the undergraduate or graduate level, with quantitative research training

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities you’ll bring:

• Professional, personal or academic engagement with issues of mass incarceration and mass criminalization
• Experience conducting research using different methods (quant analysis, analysis of interview and survey data, archival research, etc.)
• Proficiency in data visualization, database, and/or coding tools such as SQL, Python, Tableau and others.

Technical knowledge we need you to be prepared to use:

• Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel
• At least one statistical software: R, Stata
• Preferred but not required: familiarity with SQL, Python, Tableau, Github, Google Cloud environment

Please note this role will report to our Brooklyn, N.Y or Washington, DC office. Vera interns and employees adhere to a hybrid schedule and are in-office on an alternating schedule. Full-time positions generally amount to 10 days per month. Part-time positions generally amount to 5 days per month.

The intern should be available to work up to 35 hours per week during the summer. The dates will be between June 3rd and August 9th, with some flexibility to accommodate personal and academic schedules.

Compensation:

The compensation range for internships is $16.00 – $25.00 per hour. Actual compensation will vary depending on factors including but not limited to experience and performance. Applicants may choose to receive academic credit. For those who need to earn academic credit, Vera will gladly assist in working with the school or program to make arrangements and meet requirements.

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Please submit cover letter and resume. In your cover letter, please explain why you are passionate about criminal justice reform and what you hope to gain from this internship.

Applications may also be faxed to:

ATTN: People Resources / Summer 2024 – Research Intern, Beyond Jails Initiative Vera Institute of Justice 34 35th St, Suite 4-2A, Brooklyn, NY 11232 Fax: (212) 941-9407 Please use only one method (online, mail or fax) of submission. No phone calls, please. Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

In order to ensure a healthy and safe work environment, Vera Institute of Justice is requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated and provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccine before their start date. Employees who cannot receive the vaccine because of a disability/medical contraindication or sincerely-held religious belief may request an accommodation (e.g., an exemption) to this requirement.

Vera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, citizenship status, current employment status, or caregiver status.

Vera works to advance justice, particularly racial justice, in an increasingly multicultural country and globally connected world. We value diverse experiences, including with regard to educational background and justice system contact, and depend on a diverse staff to carry out our mission.

For more information about Vera, please visit www.vera.org

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• Interest in CSW|Streisand Center’s mission
• Students with at least two more years at UCLA preferred, but those graduating in June 2025 will also be considered

Please email the following documents to Eva Amarillas Diaz at [email protected] :

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Carbon nanotubes for catalytic applications

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The unique properties of carbon nanotubes, a new class of nanomaterials, make them usable as catalyst supports for various reactions. A pilot reactor has been constructed for producing nanotubes. The nanotubes obtained in this reactor have displayed high performance in a number of catalytic processes. A continuous laboratory-scale reactor for the synthesis of binary and mixed oxide nanosized catalysts has been tested. Russia has everything necessary for organizing nanotube production.

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Russia's Nuclear Deterrent Command Center Imperiled by Winter Freeze—Report

A Russian nuclear deterrent command center in Moscow has been imperiled by power outages that have impacted more than one-quarter of the region's cities amid freezing temperatures, a Russian Telegram channel has reported.

The VChK-OGPU outlet, which purports to have inside information from Russian security forces, reported that the 820th Main Center for Missile Attack Warnings—part of the Russian Space Forces, a branch of the country's Aerospace Forces—near Solnechnogorsk in Moscow is without power.

It serves as the space forces early warning network against potential ballistic missile attacks.

The development comes as Russians are reported to be suffering from power outages in their homes in the Moscow region caused by technical issues at plants amid subzero temperatures.

On January 4, a heating main burst at the Klimovsk Specialized Ammunition Plant in the town of Podolsk, which is about 30 miles south of central Moscow. Since then, tens of thousands of Russians are reported to have no heating in their homes.

Affected areas include the cities of Khimki, Balashikha, Lobnya, Lyubertsy, Podolsk, Chekhov and Naro-Fominsk, a map published by a Russian Telegram channel and shared on other social media sites shows.

Other Russian media outlets reported that in Moscow, residents of Balashikha, Elektrostal, Solnechnogorsk, Dmitrov, Domodedovo, Troitsk, Taldom, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Krasnogorsk, Pushkino, Ramenskoye, Voskresensk, Losino-Petrovsky and Selyatino are also without power.

The Telegram channel said that at the 820th Main Center for Missile Attack Warnings, "the crew...is on duty around the clock."

"It is here that the decision on a retaliatory nuclear strike is executed," the channel said.

Newsweek could not independently verify the report and has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry by email for comment.

Power outages have also been reported in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, in the country's western Voronezh region, in the southwest city of Volgograd, and in Rostov, which borders Ukraine, a country that Russia has been at war with since February 24, 2022.

On Sunday, two shopping malls in St. Petersburg were forced to close because of problems with light and heating, reported local news outlet 78.ru. Hundreds of other homes in the city have had no electricity, water or heating for days amid temperatures of -25 C (-13 F).

Russian authorities have also been forced to compensate passengers of a train that ran from Samara to St. Petersburg (a 20-hour journey) without heating during -30 C (-22 F) temperatures. Videos circulating on social media showed carriage windows frozen over. A passenger also said the toilet didn't work during the trip because of frozen pipes.

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Victor M. Mukhin was born in 1946 in the town of Orsk, Russia. In 1970 he graduated the Technological Institute in Leningrad. Victor M. Mukhin was directed to work to the scientific-industrial organization "Neorganika" (Elektrostal, Moscow region) where he is working during 47 years, at present as the head of the laboratory of carbon sorbents.     Victor M. Mukhin defended a Ph. D. thesis and a doctoral thesis at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (in 1979 and 1997 accordingly). Professor of Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. Scientific interests: production, investigation and application of active carbons, technological and ecological carbon-adsorptive processes, environmental protection, production of ecologically clean food.   

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