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February 19, 11:56 pm

UCLA Pritzker Center awards five grants in support of research for foster youth

Five interdisciplinary and community-based service teams received the inaugural UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families grants to support research for youth and families in the child welfare system, according to a university press release. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Pitzker Center awarded grants to interdisciplinary and community-service based groups to their support research on issues such as preventing foster care, using media to improve perceptions of foster care and improving outcomes for families experiencing homelessness and child welfare intervention. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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February 19, 11:52 pm

Professors of economics and engineering awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

Three UCLA professors were awarded fellowships to continue research in their respective fields Tuesday. Denis Chetverikov, Yongjie Hu and Aaswath Raman were among 126 United States and Canadian researchers who received the 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship. Read more...

Photo: UCLA professors Denis Chetverikov, Yongjie Hu and Aaswath Raman received $70,000 from the 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship for their research. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)

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February 19, 11:50 pm

Bruin Tea: Why do the UCLA gyms close so early on weekends?

Quarter system got you down? Have you fallen and can’t get up? Bruin Tea is a series investigating student questions and petty concerns about UCLA. Complaint: Why do the UCLA gyms close so early on weekends, yet are open 24/7 during weekdays? Read more...

Photo: Increased hours for UCLA gyms would require more funding for staff hours and utility expenses. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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February 19, 11:38 pm

Healthy Campus Initiative grows in scope with community gardening event

This post was updated Feb. 21 at 2:29 p.m. A campus initiative is working to centralize the various health and sustainability projects on campus to tackle issues of physical, mental and emotional well-being. Read more...

Photo: The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center organized a community gardening event Tuesday to teach staff members about growing their own food. (Emily Ng/Daily Bruin)

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February 18, 11:40 pm

Global malnutrition issues discussed by United Nations member at UCLA event

A director-general of the United Nations said institutions must address issues like climate change and the overconsumption of unhealthy food to tackle global malnutrition. Jose Graziano da Silva, the director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, said at an event hosted Friday by the UCLA Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy and the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law that government policies must adapt to changes in the production and consumption of food which increase both hunger and obesity globally. Read more...

Photo: Jose Graziano da Silva, the director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, said food production in many regions of the world is diminishing due to climate change. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)

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February 14, 11:30 pm

BruinX provides programs for promoting diversity and equity on campus

A unit within the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion aims to increase its engagement with undergraduate students through mock graduate-level classes. Devon Carbado, associate vice chancellor of BruinX, said he came up with the idea to hold mock graduate classes at an event called “BruiNext: Pathways and Possibilities” last year. Read more...

Photo: Devon Carbado is the associate vice chancellor of BruinX. He said he came up with the idea to hold mock-graduate classes at an event called “BruiNext: Pathways and Possibilities” last year. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)

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February 12, 11:51 pm

Class aims to bridge political divide between Hindi and Urdu languages

A UCLA professor aims to bridge the political and cultural divides between students of Indian and Pakistani heritage by bringing them together in a Hindi-Urdu language class. Read more...

Photo: Gyanam Mahajan, an Asian languages and cultures professor, has been teaching a Hindi-Urdu language class at UCLA for over a decade. She said she hopes teaching both Hindi and Urdu as one language in her lectures can help students reconcile their differing views regarding controversial South Asian geopolitics. (Courtesy of Gyanam Manajan)


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