P. Jeffrey Brantingham helps amp up law enforcement by blending anthropology, math, chemistry, biology and microscale physics to predict where and when new crimes will occur. <more>

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How do you measure the costs and benefits of diversity? UCLA economists base their findings on a surprising set of subjects: 41,000 U.S. Civil War soldiers. <more>

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Linkin Park band member Brad Delson ’99 gave a rousing address at the 2009 Commencement. His advice: Be yourself. Or, if that’s not sufficient, quote smarter, more experienced people.

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Take business fundamentals – recruitment, marketing, motivating, incentivizing and team-building – and apply them to a program to teach low-income parents to treat sick kids at home. The UCLA Anderson School program reduced emergency-room visits by 58 percent – with potential Medicare savings of $500 million a year. <more>

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UCLA Extension trains people for the future, opening the doors of academic opportunity to all. <more>

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Looking for new ideas? The UCLA Anderson School of Management offers more than 90 free podcasts and videos. Check out:

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Rather than surfing the web, going from site to site, what if you could surf a city, browse its streets and buildings, meet friends and strangers in a hyperlinked world, go back in time, and reemerge in another city? At www.hypercities.com, you can connect geographical locations (like Los Angeles, Tel Aviv, Berlin, New York [...]

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UCLA is among the leading UC campuses where hundreds of service personnel are pursuing courses to help them further their careers and prepare for life after active duty. <more>
Plus, UCLA opens a new on-campus resource center for student veterans.

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The next generation of leaders
Training high school students to become civically engaged researchers – and empowering them to insert their voices into the public debate on education – were the goals of a summer seminar held by UCLA’s Institute of Democracy, Education and Access in partnership with L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa. <more>

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A bunch of “former mathematics teachers who love teaching kids, understand the current K-12 scene and are working hard to help,” is how UCLA’s Philip C. Curtis Jr. Center for Mathematics and Teaching describes its staff. Among their activities – hosting 250 K-12 mathematics teachers, educators and mathematicians to discuss strategies that can [...]

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