This post was updated Sept. 27 at 10:59 p.m. A new class developed by labor studies and history Professor Tobias Higbie will focus on the labor history of Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: A poster from the United Auto Workers academic strike is pictured. A new labor studies class will cover the history of labor movements in Los Angeles (Julia Zhou/Assistant Photo editor)
The Los Angeles City Council is looking into expanding and redistricting as well as reforming the Ethics Commission. The Ad Hoc Committee on City Governance Reform, created and chaired by Council President Paul Krekorian, heard ideas from the community on how to reform the council during an August meeting. Read more...
Photo: City Hall is pictured. The Los Angeles City Council has been looking into expanding the number of seats on the council. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council advocating for UCLA and Westwood to the Los Angeles City Council. Meetings are open to the public and are held on the first Wednesday of every month at UCLA’s Weyburn Terrace. Read more...
UCLA’s new creative writing minor will open applications this fall. The minor will require students to take two courses in a core genre – either short story or poetry – after completing two lower-division English courses, according to the 2023-2024 course catalog. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Kaplan Hall. The new creative writing minor will begin taking applications from students this fall. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Sept. 12 at 3:20 p.m. Two new apartment buildings are being created in the Westwood area to further support housing for UCLA students. Read more...
Photo: Apartments in Westwood are pictured. The construction of two new apartment buildings, one on Landfair Avenue and the other on Glenrock Avenue, will help house more Bruins. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA researchers used genetic data from people in Los Angeles to identify different groups’ disease risk and better understand health disparities. In the study published in July, the researchers used data collected as part of the UCLA ATLAS Community Health Initiative – including medical info from patients across LA – to see whether they could understand why certain communities might be more likely to receive certain diagnoses or seek hospital care, said Noah Zaitlen, the paper’s corresponding author. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA Health building is pictured. Researchers, including professors from UCLA, published a study in July analyzing disease risks in different subpopulations based on genetic ancestry, using data sourced from the UCLA ATLAS Community Health Initiative. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Amy Lohmann, a continuing lecturer at the UCLA School of Nursing, died Aug. 14 from breast cancer. She was 46 years old. Lohmann joined the school in 2012 after receiving her master’s degree in nursing from UCLA in 2005. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is a social gathering for the UCLA School of Nursing. Lohmann often organized departmental gatherings like this one. (Courtesy of Allie Foy)
