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At a UCLA event to announce the collaboration with Amazon, speakers included Pietro Perona and Prem Natarajan of Amazon, and Leonard Kleinrock, Jayathi Murthy, Andrea Ghez, Jens Palsberg and Stefano Soatto of UCLA.

UCLA, Amazon create hub to study artificial intelligence

A painting of a person sitting on the wing of a airplane, high above the clouds and a cityscape. The painting was created through UCLA Health’s 3 Wishes Program.

Volunteers create paintings for COVID victims’ families

Closeups of three women with long dark hair, wearing business attire.

Graton Scholars join UCLA Law to advance tribal justice

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Chancellor Gene Block stands in front of a blurry background composed of red brick and green trees.

This is a moment for UCLA and Westwood to celebrate our ties and build our future together.”
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Three members of Derek Urwin’s firefighting crew battle a blaze in Inglewood.

November 22, 2021

Too many firefighters die of cancer. Derek Urwin aims to change that

The veteran firefighter, who expects to earn his Ph.D. in chemistry from UCLA this winter, is using his knowledge to improve the health and safety of his brethren

Source: UCLA Newsroom

Farwiza Farhan with a baby elephant.

November 19, 2021

Conservationist wins UCLA’s Pritzker environmental prize

Farwiza Farhan received $100,000 for her work protecting the species-rich Leuser Ecosystem on the Indonesian island of Sumatra

Source: UCLA Newsroom

Diptych image with book cover on left and photo of Kyle Mays on right.

November 18, 2021

Professor spotlights Black–Indigenous solidarity in new book

In “An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States,” which blends scholarship and personal narrative, Kyle Mays reframes the American past

Source: UCLA Newsroom

Microscopic image of an engineered HSC-iNKT cell attacking a human cancer tumor cell.

November 16, 2021

Scientists make strides toward ‘off-the-shelf’ cancer therapy

Using stem cell engineering and organoid technology, researchers produced large quantities of powerful cancer-fighting immune cells

Source: UCLA Newsroom

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