Author Archives: Abigail Palmer

Gilberto Cota practiced medicine in Mexicali, Mexico for three years before coming to the United States. But when he arrived in the country, the 32-year-old was unable to become a licensed doctor without completing the United States Medical Licensing Exam, so instead he worked as a diabetes care coordinator. That is, until he joined a […]

In the last month, UCLA researchers have published two studies that contribute to the search for both the prevention and treatment of AIDS. A group of researchers from the UCLA AIDS Institute and the Los Alamos National Laboratory published a study exploring why some mothers with HIV-1 transfer the virus to their babies through the […]

Just three weeks after the death of UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denise Denton, UC President Robert Dynes appointed an acting chancellor he hopes will help galvanize the university and provide students, faculty and staff with a vision for the future. Last Friday Dynes, in accordance with the UC Board of Regents, chose George Blumenthal to […]

One year has passed since Antonio Villaraigosa was sworn into office as the 41st mayor of Los Angeles, and in that time the L.A. native has begun work on improving homeless services in the city, but has also received criticism for his proposals regarding public education. A Democrat who grew up in East Los Angeles […]

With a 419-acre campus and more than 35,000 students, UCLA may seem like an overwhelming place. But students can personalize the campus and find their niche through groups that focus on topics as diverse as chess, Russian, robotics and salsa. Some of these groups are based on common religion, others on common ethnicity, and others […]

Working diligently to remove a gray salt layer from a million individual pieces of glass, three Czech conservators and a UCLA scientist have been restoring a renowned mosaic in central Europe. Materials science is forging its way into the future with new technologies in metallurgy, optics and nanotechnology ““ but one of its more surprising […]

In a one-hour Web chat this afternoon, students will have the opportunity to comment on plans for the university’s future. The Web chat is part of UC 2025, a project introduced by University of California President Robert Dynes in 2005, which seeks to analyze challenges facing the university and plan for the next 20 years. […]