Center for Developing Leadership in Science

Fellows

Inspiring Communities Through Science Communication: Marcos Magaña’s LA Times Fellowship

How a CDLS Fellow is bridging science and journalism

Announcements

UCLA’s highest honor for teaching excellence: Shanna Shaked named 2024–2025 Distinguished Teaching Award recipient

Shanna Shaked, adjunct professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and senior associate director at UCLA’s Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences, has been…

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UCLA’s Center for Diverse Leadership in Science hosts climate justice event with the Hip Hop Caucus

UCLA’s Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) hosted a packed panel and documentary screening on climate justice with the civic engagement group the Hip Hop Caucus, covered by Spectrum…

NASEM Climate Crossroads Summit 2024 inspires global communities in Washington D.C.

450 in-person attendees listened to experts sharing their insights on the Kavli Auditorium stage and elsewhere in the building during concurrent workshops while representing global universities, think tanks, IGOs, government…

The power of the tropics

I am an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and co-director of the Center for Tropical Research in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. I…

3 UCLA faculty contribute to Fifth National Climate Assessment

Three UCLA professors contributed to the Fifth National Climate Assessment, a report emphasizing the pervasive and inequitable nationwide harms of climate change, which was released by the White House on Tuesday. Co-authors…