The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved a letter in support of heavy rail alternatives for the proposed Sepulveda Transit Corridor project in its Aug. 19 meeting. Read more...
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A Closer Look, Campus, National, News
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August 28, 6:45 pm
This federal-research-backed device saved her life. Amid grant cuts, she’s worried
This post was updated Aug. 31 at 10:05 p.m. Erin Morrow began experiencing shortness of breath and chest pain at 20 years old. Morrow, who is now a doctoral student in psychology at UCLA, said she consulted several doctors as an undergraduate student at Emory University before being diagnosed with a third-degree atrioventricular block – a heart rhythm disorder where the organ’s upper and lower chambers do not properly send signals to each other. Read more...
Photo: Erin Morrow, a doctoral student in psychology at UCLA, holds a newspaper. Morrow said federally funded research saved her life after she was diagnosed with a third-degree atrioventricular block. (Courtesy of Erin Morrow)
Homelessness, Los Angeles, News, Westwood
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August 28, 6:34 pm
Q&A: Andrew Lewis and Elizabeth Brady talk North Westwood Neighborhood Council
Andrew Lewis and Elizabeth Brady, two UCLA alumni, were reelected to the North Westwood Neighborhood Council in March and began their two-year terms in July. Lewis is the council’s vice president and chairs the community health, homelessness and safety committee. Read more...
Photo: Andrew Lewis (left) and Elizabeth Brady (right), two members of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council, are pictured. The two UCLA alumni spoke to the Daily Bruin about their goals for the council in the upcoming year. (Left to right: courtesy of Andrew Lewis and courtesy of Elizabeth Brady)
California, Higher Education, News, Science & Health
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August 27, 10:09 pm
District court judge to hear arguments on restoring suspended NIH grants to UCLA
This post was updated Aug. 31 at 10:55 p.m. A district court judge said Tuesday she will hear arguments over whether UCLA’s suspended National Institutes of Health grants should be restored. The federal government suspended around 800 grants to UCLA from the NIH, National Science Foundation and U.S. Read more...
Photo: People stroll on Bruin Walk. A district court judge said Tuesday that she will hear arguments over whether UCLA’s suspended National Institutes of Health grants should be restored. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Los Angeles, News, Obituaries
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August 27, 8:06 pm
UCLA alumnus, Catch One founder, HIV/AIDS activist Jewel Thais-Williams dies at 86
Jewel Thais-Williams, a UCLA alumnus, the founder of LGBTQ+ nightclub Jewel’s Catch One and an HIV/AIDS activist, died July 7. She was 86. Thais-Williams opened Catch One on West Pico Boulevard in 1973 to serve as “a sacred space” for underserved communities of color, said Donald Kilhefner, who was a close friend of Thais-Williams for more than 40 years. Read more...
Photo: Jewel Thais-Williams, a UCLA alumnus and HIV/AIDS activist, is pictured. Thais-Williams died at 86 after creating safe spaces as the founder of LGBTQ+ nightclub Jewel’s Catch One. (Courtesy of APLA Health)
Campus, Higher Education, News, Science & Health
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August 25, 11:42 pm
David Geffen School of Medicine under investigation for antisemitism claims
This post was updated Aug. 31 at 9:52 p.m. The chairman of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce announced Monday that it is investigating the David Geffen School of Medicine over antisemitism claims. In a letter addressed to Steven Dubinett, the school’s dean, chairman Tim Walberg – a Michigan Republican – said the committee has been made aware of reports that Jewish students at the medical school experienced “hostility and fear at the hands of peers, colleagues, and administrators” and that their concerns were not addressed by the university. He added in the letter that the committee is looking into if UCLA violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits “any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance” from discrimination based on race, color or national origin, according to the U.S. Read more...
Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine is pictured. A U.S. House of Representatives committee announced Monday that it is investigating the medical school for alleged antisemitism. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A Closer Look, California, Campus, News
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August 25, 6:41 pm
Students push for reproductive, education bills at IGNITE the Capitol California
Shaylyn Becton believes community college should have no barriers. That’s why she advocated for California Assembly Bill 1035 – a bill that would waive fees for community college students – as a California fellow for IGNITE, a civic engagement organization for women that holds an annual state-level advocacy conference, IGNITE the Capitol California. Read more...
Photo: (Helen Juwon Park/Illustrations director)