After years of working to promote social change in the institutions around it, the group formerly known as the Environmental Coalition is going through some changes itself, including today’s reopening of its Kerckhoff Hall office as the Sustainable Resource Center. Read more...

California biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences is one of many companies currently profiting from the deadly avian flu, which is spreading across Asia and Europe. Their product, Tamiflu, is one of the most sought-after treatments by governments all over the world. Read more...

The issue of health care disparities between socioeconomic and racial groups was given a new spin with the release of a new study drawing a link between HIV patients’ accumulated wealth and how soon they will succumb to the virus. Read more...

Chimpanzees do not perform the acts of altruism that humans do, according to a new UCLA study on chimp behavior. A study conducted by researchers at UCLA, Emory University, the University of Texas and the University of Louisiana shows that chimps are indifferent to performing selfless acts in order to benefit or reward other chimps. Read more...

Working alongside recovering drug addicts and her fellow students, Sarah Kolterman wielded a rake and a pair of hedgetrimmers as she joined in at a relandscaping effort at a drug recovery center. Read more...

A conference on the Armenian Genocide held at UCLA on Sunday marked the first time Turkish scholars outside Turkey have challenged their native government’s position on the genocide, organizers said. Read more...

The number of students wearing UCLA gear today may be less than it has been any other Monday of this year’s football season, or at least that’s what sports fan psychologists might predict. Read more...