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This app has mobile ready UCLA research news, statistics, information about the campus research offices and more.

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Aegaron

Ancient Egyptian Architecture Online provides vetted and standardized architectural drawings of a selection of ancient Egyptian buildings. These represent architecture from modest workmen’s houses to temple complexes, dating from the Old Kingdom through Late Antiquity. Aegaron considers architectural drawings as historic sources: each plan is accompanied by a critical apparatus. The plans can be downloaded freely for private and research purposes (terms of use). They come in various types and formats, on which you can learn more on the about page.

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News & Public Affairs

NAPA consists of over 100,000 news programs and broadcasts taped off the air from 1979 to 2003. Programs held in the NAPA collection include: local Los Angeles news, network and cable nightly and morning news programs, and local foreign language news. The collection also holds extended coverage of important news events, such as 9/11. NOTE: Our general collection catalog at http://cinema.library.ucla.edu also includes a significant number of television news and public affairs programming ranging from 1949 into the 2000s. Researchers interested in news and public affairs programming prior to 1980 must search the general collection. Researchers interested in broadcasts from 1980 - 2003 should search both the NAPA collection database and the general collection catalog.

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Motion Picture Collections

Containing material dating back to the 1890s, the Archive's motion picture holdings include major 35mm collections from Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Sony/Columbia Pictures, New World Pictures, Orion Pictures, Universal, RKO and Republic Pictures. In addition, the Archive's 16mm film collections contain more than 5,000 titles. Films have also been received from hundreds of individuals, including Robert Altman, Hal Ashby, Tony Curtis, Charlton Heston, Dustin Hoffman, Rock Hudson, Stanley Kramer, Ken Kesey, King Vidor, Hal Wallis and William Wyler. These Collection Profiles represent only a partial listing of the Archive's many significant collections. To review records for the over 185,000 motion picture titles in the Archive's collection please consult our Archive Catalog. For more information on our collections or to arrange research viewing, please contact the Archive Research and Study Center (ARSC).

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Grand Challenges

The UCLA Grand Challenges initiative connects faculty, students and supporters from all disciplines to work together, adopting a holistic approach to solve critical issues. We bring passionate participants together to dream big and think grand about what we can achieve when we set our sights on common goals. Complex challenges require creative solutions As a research university, UCLA has the intellectual capital and resources it takes to explore society’s most challenging issues. In addition, we are inspired to develop solutions that improve quality of life in the U.S. and around the world. At UCLA, we firmly believe that for every problem there is a solution, and we call upon that optimist spirit throughout this initiative. It takes a unique approach UCLA Grand Challenges represent a new paradigm for university research. This new approach involves building a team, creating partnerships across sectors, facilitating collaboration, soliciting new perspectives, producing transformational work, evaluating and reporting on progress. Each Grand Challenge serves to align the creativity and talents of many around one ambitious goal. What makes UCLA’s program so impactful? This initiative was established in 2012 with the premise that by working together with shared goals, the UCLA community could have an even bigger impact on society’s greatest problems. Currently, there are two grand challenges: the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge and the Depression Grand Challenge. The Sustainable LA Grand Challenge is focused on transitioning Los Angeles to 100% renewable energy, 100% locally sourced water and enhanced ecosystem health by 2050, starting with an implementation plan that will be delivered by 2020. In achieving these goals, we will make the region a model for the whole world. The Depression Grand Challenge is designed to help us understand, prevent and treat the world’s greatest health problem. Depressive disorders represent a huge challenge to global health in the 21st century. Together, we will eliminate the burden of depression by gaining a better understanding of the disease while developing more effective prevention techniques and treatments. How are students involved? Students are involved in the Grand Challenges as champions for the causes, as members of research or support teams, and through specific courses tied to the Grand Challenges.

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Library

The UCLA Library creates a vibrant nexus of ideas, collections, expertise, and spaces in which users illuminate solutions for local and global challenges. We constantly evolve to advance UCLA’s research, education, and public service mission by empowering and inspiring communities of scholars and learners to discover, access, create, share, and preserve knowledge.

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