One of America’s leading public intellectuals and anadvisor to President Obama, Cass R. Sunstein recently served as Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, within the Office of Management and Budget. In this position, he influenced the design and development of federal regulations. Professor Sunstein will present his approach to regulatory […]
Bradley Shaffer, Distinguished ProfessorUniversity of California, Los AngelesDepartments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Shaffer is a scientist who is as comfortable working with business leaders, politicians, activists and citizens on conservation policy questions as he is in the laboratory untangling amphibian genetics. Shaffer recently left UC Davis to become Distinguished […]
Invitation only event, January 16-17.Participant log-in at:Alternative Testing Strategies for Carbon Nanotubes and Other Modes of Nanomaterial Toxicity: Developing a 21st Century Scientific and Policy Framework for Industrial Chemicals
"The Future of Plug-In Electric Vehicles"Link to presentation slides CLICK HEREJ.R. DeShazo, Director of the Luskin Center forInnovation and Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Public Policy in the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA, is an expert in economics, public finance, and organizational governance. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Planning […]
Energy Efficiency in Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Firms:Order Effects and the Adoption of Process Improvement Recommendations Suresh Muthulingam, Cornell University, Johnson School of Management Charles Corbett, UCLA Anderson School of Management Shlomo Benartzi, UCLA Anderson School of Management Bohdan Oppenheim, Loyola Marymount University Abstract In many manufacturing operations, profitable energy efficiency opportunities remain […]
PeterKareiva is the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, where he is responsible for developing and helping to implement science-based conservation throughout this worldwide conservation organization and for forging new linkages with partners. To register CLICK HEREThe Oppenheim Lecture Series has been established at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability through a generous gift […]
The Westside cities - West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, and Santa Monica – are all on different but overlapping paths to bright futures. Santa Monica is becoming Silicon Beach, Culver City welcomed the Expo Line, eclectic projects continue to break ground in West Hollywood, and Beverly Hills looks forward to cutting the ribbon on […]
Social & Environmental Justice Through Spatial LensesApplying Knowledge of Space, Place & Networks to Equitable SolutionsA UCLA Luskin Faculty Executive Committee SymposiumThe Luskin Faculty Executive Committee sponsors an annual inter-departmental symposium linking scholarship to real-world practice to address critical issues. This year, UCLA and national experts will examine the use of spatial analysis to study how […]
The UCLA Complete Streets for California conference on Thursday, February 28, 2013,will highlight recent accomplishments, explore new research, and presentimplementation examples and benchmarks to create multi-use street environmentsthat promote vibrant, healthy and active communities.Featuring Keynote Address from:Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner of the New York City Department of TransportationThe conference will provide information on Complete Streets issues […]
"The Myth of Isolates: Ecosystem Ecologies in the Nuclear PacificElizabeth DeLoughrey, Associate ProfessorUniversity of California, Los AngelesDepartments of English, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Professor DeLoughrey joined the English Department in 2008. Her scholarship has been supported by institutions such as the NEH, Rockefeller, UCLA Global Studies Program, Fulbright, and the Cornell Society for the […]