Twenty years ago, Michelle Christie nervously waited backstage as a group of deaf students performed a play she created for the first time. As she listened to the applause from the audience, Christie realized she could use theater as a form of speech therapy to help other deaf students. Read more...
Photo: Michelle Christie, founder of No Limits, a nonprofit for deaf children and families, poses with students. (Courtesy of No Limits)
This post was updated on April 16 at 2:35 p.m. The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center is projected to lose $3.7 million in its first year of operation. Read more...
Photo: The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, which opened last fall, is projected to lose nearly $4 million during its first fiscal year, which ends this June. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
Some UCLA students from Syria said they support the American government’s decision to order a missile strike on Syrian government forces. The U.S. launched a missile strike on a Syrian air base April 6. Read more...
UCLA scientists are organizing a March for Science in Los Angeles to foster communication between scientists and the general public. The March for Science, which will take place April 22, aims to bring thousands of participants together to educate people about underfunding of the sciences and encourage greater involvement in science. Read more...
Photo: Alexander Bradley, a biochemistry, molecular and structural biology graduate student, is organizing the March for Science in Los Angeles on April 22. (Courtesy of Alexander Bradley)
A state assemblymember introduced a new bill that would make it easier for college students to qualify for food stamps. Assemblymember Shirley Weber introduced Assembly Bill 214, which would require the California Student Aid Commission to provide written notice to Cal Grant recipients who are qualified to participate in the CalFresh program, federally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Read more...
Photo: The Community Programs Office, which manages several programs that aim to increase student food security, could get help informing people who qualify for CalFresh benefits under a new bill. (April Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A UCLA research team has developed a new stem cell gene therapy to treat babies with diminished immune systems. Adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency, or bubble baby disease, is an immune system defect caused by the lack of adenosine deaminase, an enzyme found in white blood cells. Read more...
This post was updated on April 13 at 10 p.m. When Emiel Meisel and his wife settled in Westwood in 2014, he thought their journeys had come to a close. Read more...
Photo: Ruth Frank (left) and her daughter Carol Frank (right) are pictured in Ruth’s apartment in the Watermark at Westwood. Ruth Frank, who lives in The Watermark at Westwood, met her late husband at UCLA. Jeannine Frank, her other daughter, lived in the same building that her mother lives in now as a student at UCLA. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
