As a graduate student researcher in the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology graduate program at UCLA, I spend my days studying sleep. Recently, I’ve been spending my nights working on another project important to me both as a worker and also as a person who has begun transitioning from male to female: forming a union for student researchers at the University of California. Read more...

On March 16, the University of California made history. It signed an open-access agreement with Elsevier – the largest scientific publisher in the world – ensuring that articles published by UC affiliates in thousands of Elsevier journals, including the prestigious Lancet and Cell Press, will be available worldwide at no cost. Read more...

Many of us live our lives without giving much thought to our ecosystem and how we affect it. Furthermore, we might have the idea that we humans are the most important beings and any other creatures on this planet come second. Read more...

As the Black Lives Matter movement gained both domestic and global recognition in 2020 after the undue murder of George Floyd, discourse on racial equity has become increasingly apparent. Read more...

A year after our national response to the COVID-19 pandemic pushed us into a nearly complete virtual existence, our leaders – including those in our educational institutions – must now help students mitigate the inevitable, harmful ramifications of digital life those same leaders have warned of for years. Read more...

On Jan. 10, 2021, the Daily Bruin published an article describing student reactions to the hiring process for the Center for Accessible Education’s director position. When I was approached to provide information for this article, I was presented with questions related to my vision and primary areas of focus as the new director of CAE. Read more...