Monday, July 27

UCLA researchers use NewsScape archive to analyze human communication

A CNN anchor gestured with her right hand, moving it away from the center of her body to the left, as she gave updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during an Ebola crisis in 2014. Read more...

Photo: Francis Steen, alongside several other UCLA statistics and communication studies professors, are using the UCLA Library Broadcast NewsScape video archive to analyze social and political news clips. (Rocio Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)


U.S. official calls for focus on gender equality as means to end AIDS

The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator called for an end to the AIDS epidemic by 2030 in a speech at UCLA Wednesday afternoon. Around 70 professors, students and international delegates attended a speech by Dr. Read more...

Photo: Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator for U.S. Global AIDS, said at an event at UCLA on Wednesday that creating partnerships and improving education can help end the AIDS epidemic. (Creative Commons photo by Center for Strategic and International Studies via Youtube)




New community official on a quest to improve Westwood Village

Niki Svara walked the streets of Westwood with a pen and clipboard, noting damaged infrastructure she would later report to city officials. Svara, the new operations manager at the Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, said she plans to focus on attracting businesses and visitors, improving property values and helping the Village’s homeless population. Read more...

Photo: Niki Svara, the new operations manager at the Westwood Village Improvement Association, plans to revitalize Westwood. (Courtesy of Nikki Svara)


USAC passes resolution to create student-run grocery store on campus

The undergraduate student government unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that supported creating a student-run grocery store in an attempt to increase food security for students. Heather Rosen, president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, introduced the resolution. Read more...

Photo: The undergraduate student government unanimously passed a resolution in support of creating a student-run grocery store. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)