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A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Senate District 21 — Jack Scott, D -- Pasadena UC alumni in this district: 24,166
UC in Your District
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to agricultural research advice for
local farmers to college preparation
efforts in nearly every public
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CALIFORNIA NANOSYSTEMS UC NATURAL RESERVES
UCLA MEDICAL CENTER INSTITUTE (CNSI)
UCLA Medical Center provides The UC-affiliated Stunt Ranch Santa
CNSI will facilitate a public/private Monica Mountains Reserve is
services throughout District 21 and approach to developing the
is ranked #1 in the West by U.S. News located near District 21 in the Cold
information, biomedical, and Creek watershed of Malibu Creek. The
and World Report. More than 300,000 manufacturing technologies that will
people – including a site is perhaps the most pristine and
dominate science and the economy biologically diverse watershed in the
disproportionate share of the state’s in the 21st century. The Institute will
poor and uninsured – come to UCLA Santa Monica Mountains, and one of
provide a world-class intellectual and 34 UC-affiliated natural reserves in the
Medical Center each year. UCLA’s physical environment that supports
Mattel Children’s Hospital offers a full state. The reserve is the site of much
collaboration among California's environmental and anthropological
range of specialty health services university, industry and national lab
for children. The Medical Center research and also provides
scientists. The Institute will be educational and outreach
serves as a highly acclaimed training located at UCLA and UC Santa
site for physicians, many of who opportunities for the local
Barbara and will include corporate- community and K-12 schools
choose to stay at UCLA, and as a sponsored incubator labs.
preeminent research center that throughout the area.
drives innovations in life-saving
drugs and surgical procedures.
A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Senate District 21 — Jack Scott, D -- Pasadena UC alumni in this district: 24,166
The Puente Project runs UC’s MESA (Mathematics,
programs at 51 community Engineering & Science
colleges and 35 high schools Achievement) works to prepare
throughout California to students for four-year colleges at
increase the enrollment and several schools in District 21,
retention of educationally including Pasadena High and
underserved students in four- Gabrielino High. The MESA
year universities. Puente works California Community College
four high schools in Pasadena in District 21 and Program increases the number of
Pasadena City College. http://www.puente.net math and science majors who successfully transfer and receive
degrees from four-year universities and works with Pasadena
UCLA’s Regional Oncology Centers, affiliated with the world- City College. http://mesa.ucop.edu
renowned UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center,
provide cancer care services and investigative clinical
trials at two satellite clinics in Pasadena in District 21. UC Cooperative Extension’s
Patients who come to UCLA centers for cancer care benefit Master Gardeners help low-
from the most advanced forms of therapy available, and from a income residents grow healthful
ety of supportive services. http://www.healthcare.ucla.edu food in the Wattles Community
Garden, the Altadena
UC Santa Cruz’s African Community Garden and the
American Theater Arts Troupe Oakland Community Garden in
is dedicated to providing an outlet Pasadena. UCCE 4-H Youth
for the creativity and talents of Development advisors at the
underrepresented students Ventura County and Los Angeles
through plays, presentations and County offices work closely with city and school officials to
workshops on campus and help at-risk children acquire “developmental assets,” and avoid
throughout the community. The destructive behaviors. http://ucanr.org
troupe provides scholarships, mentoring and performances to
12 schools and community colleges throughout the The UCLA Medical Center Mobile Eye Clinic provides free
region. http://www.frazadelic.com eye examinations to more than 5,000 people annually in the
greater Los Angeles area at schools, agencies working wit
UC’s Design for Sharing purchases thousands of tickets to abused and foster children and the elderly, community
events presented by UCLA Performing Arts. Tickets are organizations, and homeless clinics.
distributed through social service agencies for those who could
not otherwise afford to attend the events – including at The UCLA Armenian Tutorial Project/Glendale Learning
ultiple sites in Pasadena in District 21 such as the AIDS Program assists Armenian immigrant students to become
Service Center. www.performingarts.ucla.edu acquainted with their new environments through tutoring in
English. The ultimate goal of the program is to inspire students
toward higher education. http://www.advocacy.ucla.edu
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