This post was updated Feb. 7 at 3:17 p.m. One of UCLA’s activists-in-residence has been campaigning for change since he was 13 years old. Now, he said he hopes to teach students about activism. Read more...
Photo: Micah White is an Activist-in-Residence at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs’ Institute on Inequality and Democracy. He’s best known for co-creating the Occupy Wall Street movement. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
University of California students may be able to have their tuition fees waived in return for promising a portion of their future income to their university if a proposed bill passes. Read more...
Photo: A new bill could allow UC and CSU students to avoid taking out loans by instead pledging a portion of their future income to their university in a program known as an income sharing agreement. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Parents of students at the UCLA Lab School said they were frustrated by the unexplained administrative leave of a teacher at the school, a year after administration also put a former principal on similar leave. Read more...
Photo: A math teacher at the UCLA Lab School was placed on administrative leave with pay twice in the past year. The school’s principal was also put on unexplained leave last year, and did not return for the following year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA researchers found several lifestyle factors can protect Parkinson’s patients from worsening motor and cognitive functions. The study, published in the Journal of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, evaluated how diverse lifestyles may impact the progression and survival of Parkinson’s disease patients. Read more...
Photo: Researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine studied how lifestyle factors can influence Parkinson’s disease for patients. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music appointed a music professor as its inaugural dean, a university press release announced Friday. Eileen Strempel will begin her term July 8. Read more...
Photo: Eileen Strempel will begin her term as the inaugural dean of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music on July 8. Strempel has previous experience in music, academia and administration. (Courtesy of Eileen Strempel)
UCLA researchers found silencing certain estrogen receptors in the brain dramatically increases bone density, offering a potential treatment for women with osteoporosis. Stephanie Correa, an assistant professor of biology, started studying this treatment while she was a postdoctoral student at UC San Francisco. Read more...
A UCLA report recommended California’s health insurance agency expand its coverage and make insurance more affordable. The report, which was published Friday and co-written by Wes Yin, an associate professor of public policy, analyzed policy options that could improve market stability and affordability of health insurance. Read more...
