Ninez Ponce, a professor and endowed chair in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, sat down with Daily Bruin News contributor Jiyoon Choi to discuss representation in healthcare and the California Health Interview Survey, which she leads. Read more...
Photo: The Fielding School of Public Health is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA Fit for Health Program adopted a new approach to treating childhood obesity: considering the physical, emotional and social aspects of the disease. Dr. Wendelin Slusser, a UCLA Health physician who specializes in clinical care, medical training and obesity research, founded the clinic about 15 years ago. Read more...
Photo: (Caitlin Brockenbrow/Daily Bruin)
Federal funding cuts have left the futures of thousands of volunteering opportunities for California college students uncertain since April 2025. The Trump administration withheld more than $184 million in grants from AmeriCorps, which provides funding to a variety of community service programs – mainly focusing on education, public health and environmental stewardship – last spring. Read more...
Photo: The AmeriCorps volunteer website is pictured. Federal funding cuts have left the futures of thousands of volunteering opportunities for California college students uncertain since April 2025. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have arrested more than 10,000 people in Los Angeles since June, according to the U.S. Read more...
Photo: The Luskin School of Public Affairs is pictured. Amada Armenta, an associate professor, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss how an uptick in immigration-related arrests has impacted LA. (Daily Bruin file photo)
When it comes to architecture, Julia Koerner is teaching students to think outside of the box. Koerner, an associate adjunct professor in UCLA Architecture and Urban Design with collaborations in Academy Award-winning costume designs, works on innovative design techniques – such as 3D printing – in the creation of sustainable architecture, fashion and other products. Read more...
Photo: Julia Koerner, an associate adjunct professor in UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, sits in her lab. Koerner works on 3D printing design techniques in the creation of sustainable architecture, fashion and other products. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved a letter of support for a California bill that would make it easier for the UC to employ undocumented students at its Jan. Read more...
This post was updated Jan. 8 at 10:04 p.m. A Santa Monica Superior Court judge officially sided with UC administrators Monday in a lawsuit brought by a UCLA lecturer who alleged he was unfairly put on leave in 2020 and requested $13 million in damages. The move followed Judge H. Read more...
Photo: Gordon Klein, a continuing lecturer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is pictured. A Santa Monica Superior Court judge officially sided with UC administrators Monday in a lawsuit brought by Klein, who alleged he was unfairly put on leave in 2020 and requested $13 million in damages. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
