A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Congressional District 32 — Hilda Solis (D) UC alumni in this district: 5,502
UCLA employees: 22,913
UC in Your District
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extends beyond its 10 campuses,
five medical centers and three
national laboratories. The
University’s presence is felt in each
of California’s 58 counties through
exemplary community partnerships,
enriching cultural resources and
innovative research programs.
From health-care education for
rural physicians to agricultural
research advice for local farmers to
college preparation efforts in nearly
every public school, UC has a
direct influence in your community.
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UCLA MEDICAL CENTER CALIFORNIA NANOSYSTEMS UC’s K-12 OUTREACH
INSTITUTE (CNSI)
UCLA Medical Center provides
services throughout the 30th CNSI facilitates a public/private UC’s Early Academic Outreach
Congressional district and is known approach to developing the Program (EAOP) provides academic
for its pioneering advancements in information, biomedical, and support, college counseling and skill-
organ transplantation and ultrasound, manufacturing technologies that will building workshops to help over 85,000
UCLA is ranked number one in the dominate science and the economy California students realize their dreams
West by U.S. News and World Report. in the 21st century. The Institute of a college education. EAOP works
More than 300,000 people – including provides a world-class intellectual and with several schools in District 32,
a disproportionate share of the physical environment that supports including Covina High School,
state’s indigent and uninsured collaboration among California's Baldwin Park High School, South El
population– are cared for at UCLA university, industry and national lab Monte High School and Sierra Vista
Medical Center each year. UCLA’s scientists. The Institute, located at High School.
Mattel Children’s Hospital offers a full UCLA and UCSB, will include
range of specialty health services for corporate-sponsored incubator labs.
children. The Medical Center serves as
a training site for physicians and as a
research center that drives innovations
in life-saving drugs and surgical
procedures
A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Congressional District 32 — Hilda Solis (D) UC alumni in this district: 5,502
UCLA employees: 22,913
The Puente Project runs UCLA’s Regional Oncology Centers, affiliated with the world-
programs at 51 community renowned UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center,
colleges and 35 high schools provide comprehensive cancer care services and investigative
throughout California to clinical trials. Satellite clinics are located in Monterey Park and
increase the enrollment and West Covina in the 32nd Congressional district.
retention of educationally http://www.healthcare.ucla.edu
underserved students in four-
year universities. Puente The UC Davis Animal Ambassadors program uses web-
works with schools based and hands-on interaction with animals to foster children’s
throughout the 32nd Congressional District including Whittier interest in science. The program serves between 3,500 – 4,000
Union Unified School District, Rio Hondo Community children annually using interactive materials and written
College and Foothill Community College in El Monte. To curriculum. The program is present in schools throughout
date, Puente has provided mentoring, teaching, and counseling Los Angeles County.
for over 20,000 under-represented students. Puente students
graduate from four-year universities at twice the average rate. The VA Greater Los
http://www.puente.net Angeles Healthcare System
is an affiliate of the UCLA
The Comprehensive School Reform Design Project (CSRD) Medical Center and
works with three schools in El Monte, including Mountain provides medical care to
View High. The federally funded program provides financial veterans in the region.
incentives for schools that need to substantially improve student The system houses a
achievement. UCLA’s School of Management is a consultant teaching hospital and
for the program. provides patient care
services using state-of-the-art technology. The system includes
The UC managed Department of a satellite clinic in East Los Angeles. http://www.va.gov
Energy national laboratories host
several K-12 science education UC Riverside’s CE-CERT program contributes to improved
programs. The Lawrence environmental quality and energy efficiency through
Berkeley Lab’s award-winning interdisciplinary research and by providing educational
Virtual Frog Dissection Web opportunities for the next generation of engineers, scientists
Site is used in K-12 classrooms and policymakers. http://www.cert.ucr.edu
statewide.
UC Santa Cruz’s African
UC’s Design for Sharing purchases thousands of tickets to American Theater Arts
events presented by UCLA Performing Arts. Tickets are Troupe is dedicated to
distributed through social service agencies for those who could providing an outlet for the
not otherwise afford to attend the events. The program works creativity and talents of
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with agencies in the 32 Congressional district including underrepresented students
those in Baldwin Park, Monterey Park and Covina. through plays, presentations
www.performingarts.ucla.edu and workshops on campus and
throughout the community. The
UC’s MESA (Mathematics, troupe provides scholarships, mentoring and performances to
Engineering & Science K-12 schools and community colleges throughout the
Achievement) works to prepare region. http://www.frazadelic.com
educationally disadvantaged
students for four-year colleges.
MESA works with Gladstone High The UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic provides free eye exams to 5,000
in Covina in the 32nd people in the greater Los Angeles area. The mobile clinic
Congressional district. visits schools, agencies working with abused and foster
http://mesa.ucop.edu children, and community organizations serving low-income
families, the elderly, and homeless.
UniCamp operates educational and recreational programs for
children from low-income families in the Los Angeles area. For a complete listing of UC programs in your district, access
UniCamp strives to build self-esteem, promote the value of our online database at: www.universityofcalifornia.edu
education, and foster a sense of community. Unicamp works
at multiple sites throughout the 32nd Congressional district.