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Looking back on 2020, UCLA reached the highest of highs astrophysicist Andrea Ghez became a Nobel laureate for her discovery of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. And of course we dealt with the hardest of challenges the pandemic.
Meanwhile, professors carried on with their research, students kept doing the amazing and UCLA charted a bold new course for its athletic department while saying goodbye to one of the greatest of Bruin athletes.
Add to the mix a presidential election and a reckoning with racial inequality this country hasn’t seen in in decades, and capturing everything in a single list becomes a difficult task.
Sleep-Specific Characteristics Supporting Development, Learning, Memory, and Cognition Across Ages and Species
Scientific Panel: Monday, January 11, 2:15-3:30 p.m. EST
Press-Exclusive Q&A: Monday, January 11, 4-4:30 p.m. EST
Presenters: Gina Poe, University of California, Los Angeles; Mark S. Blumberg, University of Iowa; and Lisa Marshall, University of Lübeck
Scientists know sleep is essential for development, learning, and cognition, but they don t yet know how or why. This panel will explore the latest discoveries about the states and features of sleep that connect and reshape the nervous system in ways that being awake cannot.
Why Pain Matters
Press-Exclusive Q&A: Wednesday, January 13, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EST