A showcase of the people and progress in the
UCLA College of Letters and Science
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Summer 2007     Volume Eight

UCLA College Report
FEATURES
 

A Joint Mission to Explore Critical Climate Questions

A new collaboration between UCLA and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is focusing on the complex issues that involve global climate change and its effect on regions and environments.

A Unique Lens to Explore an Emerging Field

UCLA has created a new program that explores the range of issues that focus on disabilities, including a new undergraduate minor.

Portraits
of
Excellence

The six student winners of the College Awards for 2007—three seniors and three graduate students —are recognized for their extraordinary talent, commitment and achievement.

Where the Issues of Science and Society Meet

The Center for Society and Genetics brings together the biological and social questions that are emerging in an age of expanding genetic discoveries.

  
 
 

Creating Possibilities for Achievement

The Academic Advancement Program, the nation’s most successful university student retention program, celebrates 35 years of service to UCLA students.

Addressing the Ultimate
Challenge

A spring conference hosted by the Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations took aim at the emerging challenges of nuclear weapons in a new century.

Investigating the Impact
of Life

Scholars in social psychology are developing new insights for our understanding of how humans are affected by the issues and conditions we face every day.
D I S C O V E R Y
Mass Production
at the Microscale Where Virtual Reality Meets Ancient History When Lap Dogs Become Attack Dogs


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