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UCLA collaboration with local high schools catalyzes college-bound culture
The UCLA-LAUSD partnership works to increase the number of African-American students who are competitively eligible for University of California admission.
Ryan Gosling visits UCLA to shed light on human rights struggle in Congo
The Academy Award-nominated actor appeared with the authors of a new book about the central African nation to mark International Human Rights Day.
UCLA program trains underrepresented college students for public health careers
The UCLA Public Health Scholars Training Program hosted 40 students from across the country last summer in an effort to help increase diversity in the field.
UCLA faculty voice: Why is it so much harder to become a lawyer in California than in New York?
Law school dean Jennifer Mnookin and other law schools’ deans advocate for lowering the cut score to pass the bar exam.
Few countries offer free early childhood education, UCLA research finds
“Making pre-primary education available at no cost is a critical element in efforts to reduce educational and economic inequalities,” said co-author Alison Earle.
Sprayable gel developed by UCLA-led team could help the body fight off cancer after surgery
In a lab test, half of the mice that received the treatment after having a tumor removed survived for at least 60 days without the tumor regrowing.
UCLA faculty voice: The importance of L.A. County’s annual memorial for the living and the dead
Sociologist Stefan Timmermans co-writes a piece sharing what happens to unclaimed remains of those who die in Los Angeles.
Hammer Museum appoints curators for ‘Made in L.A. 2020’
The acclaimed biennial will be co-curated by Tunisian-French writer and curator Myriam Ben Salah and Lauren Mackler, a curator based in Los Angeles.
With human rights students, UCLA law professor appeals to UN on global intolerance
E. Tendayi Achiume serves as the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.
UCLA composition professor explores the life of Jesus Christ in his latest oratorio
“The Passion of Yeshua,” by Richard Danielpour, will be performed for free on Dec. 9 in Royce Hall.
UCLA Law clinic’s report shows how to improve reentry to civilian life for incarcerated women
The report highlights needed improvement in housing policies and employment opportunities to ensure that incarcerated women and their families successfully adapt.
Newly identified T cells could play a role in cancer and other diseases
If future research identifies changes in how lipid behavior influences certain conditions, scientists might be able to stimulate or inhibit phospholipid-reactive T cells to treat them.
UCLA Anderson Forecast sees downshift to slower growth
The report’s authors write that the big question for the California economy is how long the state’s tech industry boom can continue.
UCLA scientist looks to space for possible treatment of some neurological diseases
An experiment on the latest SpaceX launch will measure how microgravity affects the brain.
Proposed changes to immigration laws would cost California jobs, harm public health
A report by UCLA, UC Berkeley and California Food Policy Advocates found that the state could lose up to $1.67 billion in federal benefits.
$2.15 million bequest enhances UCLA scholarship support for veterans and other students
The gift is from the estate of alumna Mary Lou Steinmetz, continuing her family’s long history of support for the campus.
UCLA researchers discover genes tied to dementia in key early step toward new therapies
The study is the most comprehensive published effort to date to identify the source of neurodegeneration across species.
UCLA student veterans bring VA garden back to life
For the last two years volunteers have done work restoring and maintaining the 15-acre garden.
Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights icon, champion of nonviolence, receives UCLA Medal
Martin Luther King Jr. once hailed Lawson as the world’s leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence.
An opioid epidemic may be looming in Mexico — and the U.S. may be partly responsible
The United States should provide resources for the mitigation of a possible opioid epidemic in the same way the country provides resources for the ‘war on drugs’ in Mexico, researchers recommend.
In memoriam: Loretta Jones, 77, champion for better health care in underserved communities
Jones, associate director of the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, received the UCLA Medal for her work to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care.
UCLA research suggests widely used breast cancer therapy doesn’t cause cognitive decline
The six-year-long study about endocrine treatment is contrary to expectations.
Historian helps create archive at UCLA of South African propaganda comics from the 1970s
William Worger has made digital copies of ‘Mighty Man’ and ‘Tiger Ingwe,’ which the South African government used to indirectly support apartheid, available to the public.
41 UCLA scientists among world’s most influential scholars, based on citations
A new report identifies researchers in 21 fields whose work was most often referenced by other papers from 2006 to 2016.