RSVP: www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/kohnABSTRACT:It is widely recognized that the fossil fuels, oil and natural gas, which currently provide almost 60% of the world's energy consumption, will be largely exhausted in a few decades. At the same time world population will have  increased by an estimated 30 to 40 percent by mid-century.To avoid a catastrophic energy shortage by mid-century, these […]

 Brett Williams, Program Director of Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation will be speaking atthe upcoming Plug-In 2012 Conference & Exposition. This will be the 5th annual event which will provide attendees with the latest insights from experts on the technical advances, market research and policy initiatives shaping the future […]

Please join the Luskin Center in supporting Green LA at their event, Green LA Confidential. This promises to be a fun evening of improv and storytelling featuring LA's environmental leaders, and will take place at 7:00 pm at The Last Bookstore in downtown Los Angeles. Jill Bourque, a highly acclaimed comedian, improviser and producer, will […]

 UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation Project Manager of the EV Readiness Project, Ayala Ben-Yehuda will be a panelist discussing - Electric Vehicles AreComing: What Local Governments Need to Know.  For more information and to register, please visit the LARC website.

Article of discussion: "Soybean susceptibility to manufactured nanomaterials with evidence for food quality and soil fertility interruption."Presented by co-author: Patricia Holden of the University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa BarbaraAbstract:Based on previously published hydroponic plant, planktonic bacterial, and soil microbial community research, manufactured nanomaterial (MNM) environmental buildup could […]

Madeline Brozen, Program Manager, of the UCLA Complete Streets Initiative will present at two workshops:Parklets Mobile Workshop Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:15 – 11:45 a.m. Power of the Performance Metric Session Thursday, September 13, 10:15 – 11:45 a.m. More information may be found here: http://www.pps.org/pwpb2012/program/ Pro Walk/Pro Bike 2012: Pro Place will feature over 100 […]

The research centers in the Luskin School of Public Affairs will provide an overview of their work and the opportunities available to graduate students. This research orientation lunch is part of Orientation Week for incoming graduate students in the Departments of Urban Planning and Public Policy.

 Ayala Ben-Yehuda, Project Manager for Plug-In Electric Vehicle Readiness for the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation will be a panelist at the largest one-day transportation conference in the state. It’s the only place where you can mix and mingle with every transportation CEO in Southern California, policy makers and nationally-known transportation experts. The day will be […]