UCLA

Mar 7 2011

Defense, homeland security

Downey, Calif.—Raytheon Co. announced today the selection of the city of Downey as the location for its Public Safety Regional Technology Center, which the company plans to open in the next three months.

Occupying 27,000 square feet and employing up to 150 people, the new center will serve as the focus of Raytheon's civil communications business in the western United States and provide test and research facilities, training, and maintenance and logistics, customer and systems support, according to the company.

Mar 7 2011

Cheaper, less-polluting replacement for gasoline

WESTWOOD, Calif.—Scientists at UCLA have discovered a way to force certain microbes to produce protein that can be refined into biofuels, which may unlock the doors to cheaper, less-polluting replacements for gasoline.

In a study published in the journal "Nature Biotechnology,'' the UCLA team said their discovery could unleash a new universe of fuel-producing microbes that eat naturally-occurring proteins that are otherwise unfit for animal consumption.

Jan 28 2011

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Researchers at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center were awarded about $5.6 million in grants today aimed at funding efforts to remove technological barriers to moving stem-cell research projects into clinical trials.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded nearly $33 million in grants to 19 researchers across the state. CIRM was established in November 2004 as the state's stem cell agency, thanks to voters' passage of Proposition 71.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Jan 20 2011

Religious teen organization spreads the gospel

The Passion for Christ Movement (P4CM) is a grassroots ministry dedicated to helping Los Angeles County at-risk youth develop life skills and spiritual direction. The members of the movement are concerned with impacting the present generation to create a better future, and they offer their services to the community voluntarily.

P4CM has shared the gospel with people all over the world through their Internet testimonials and Ex-shirt campaign which is still going.

Jan 18 2011

Sex hormone-binding globulin

WESTWOOD, Calif.—Coffee can prevent Type II diabetes, and researchers at UCLA have just identified why, it was reported.

And the magic ingredient is a protein, called sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG).

A UCLA doctoral student in epidemiology and his professor published an article in the journal "Diabetes," that shows women who drink four cups of coffee per day are less than half as likely to develop adult-onset diabetes as those who abstain from java.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”