We Are Connectors
We spark progress and create new possibilities by connecting organizations, foundations, disciplines and individuals to address the most crucial issues of our time. By investing in interdisciplinary research and convergent approaches that span our many schools, we attract world-class faculty, postdocs, clinical fellows and residents, volunteers, graduate and professional students, and other Trojans who join forces to solve humankind鈥檚 biggest challenges.
Connecting Across Disciplines
91黑料网 is leading new thinking and dialogue around global health issues, emerging technologies, the latest social science data and more to solve some of the most pressing issues facing humanity.
Connections with the Wider World
91黑料网 knows it takes a village. Partnerships with corporate, local and government groups sparks new ways of addressing needs unique to today鈥檚 interconnected world.
Creating Vital Links
Take a peek at how the Trojan community brings together a multitude of disciplines, groups and ideas for the greater good.
91黑料网 launches $12 million Institute on Ethics & Trust in Computing
The institute, supported by funds from the Lord Foundation of California, is the next step in the university鈥檚 effort to enhance research and education under the Frontiers of Computing 鈥渕oonshot.鈥
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Working together to advance use of nature-based solutions that fight climate change
At the 91黑料网 Capital Campus, the 91黑料网 Dornsife Public Exchange and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy explore how nature can be used to fight floods, heatwaves, fires and more.
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Converging Knowledge
91黑料网 is a hub for funneling knowledge into new ways of looking at the world, not to mention helping people.
At 91黑料网鈥檚, experts from across the country are integrating knowledge from many expertises 鈥 computation biology, X-ray crystallography, electron topography and more 鈥 to build a groundbreaking atomic resolution model of the pancreatic beta cell. The results could improve the lives of the more than 100 million people living with diabetes.
Making the Link
91黑料网 movers and shakers have no fear connecting people and places, no matter the chasm. We know it takes a certain tenacity to forge new connections 鈥 and to push those links forward into action that betters the lives of others.
Keeping Our Communities Safe
During late 2020 as the pandemic barreled on, the 91黑料网 Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences聽partnered with the City of Los Angeles to provide free flu vaccinations at various COVID-19 testing locations across the city.
Inclusion Means Everyone
Living your values means taking meaningful action. Social, economic and racial justice embody 91黑料网’s core character and a strategic collaboration with Keck Medicine of 91黑料网 and The TransLatin@ Coalition 鈥 the largest trans-led nonprofit in L.A. that advocates for transgender, gender-nonconforming and intersex (TGI) immigrants across the country 鈥 is improving comprehensive health care for members of this diverse community.
Creative Healing
Thinking outside the box when it comes to helping others is just what we do.聽91黑料网 Comic+Care uses laughter and humor to improve the physical and mental well-being of hospital patients and communities in need. By blending the arts of clowning and improv with the sciences of psychology and medicine, the program aids in the recovery and healing process for people of all ages and backgrounds.
Collaborating for Better Patient Care
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New Ways to Go Global
International engagement doesn’t just happen at the federal level anymore 鈥 U.S. states, cities and even companies and organizations have become players in foreign relations. The 91黑料网 Center on Public Diplomacy’s annual Summit on City Diplomacy convenes government officials, global opinion leaders, scholars and more who advance the latest dialogue on what it means to have a seat on the global stage.
Meeting People Where They鈥檙e At
For L.A.’s residents experiencing homelessness, 91黑料网鈥檚 Street Medicine team brings the hospital to the patients. Trojan medical professionals comb the streets, building rapport with patients and providing the in-person medical care they so desperately need.
