Author Archives: Allison Ong

UCLA researchers find cocaine use compromises immune response to HIV

Researchers at the UCLA AIDS Institute and Center for AIDS Research published reports Thursday concluding that intravenous cocaine usage may harm the immune system’s ability to ward off HIV. The study used BLT mice, or mice engineered to have human-like immune systems with fragments of human thymus cells, liver cells and stem cells. Dimitrios Vatakis, […]

UCLA researchers shine light on artificial solar-cell technology

UCLA chemists published a study Friday about a solar-cell technology they developed using plastic materials. The new system improves how solar cells capture and retain energy from the sun. After absorbing light energy during photosynthesis, plant cells separate positively charged molecules from negatively charged electrons. Like plants, the UCLA solar-cell technology also separates charges for […]

UCLA professor to become next dean of School of Law

The UCLA School of Law announced Thursday that law professor Jennifer L. Mnookin will serve as the law school’s next dean beginning Aug. 1. Mnookin joined the UCLA law faculty in 2005 as a professor. She has since held several administrative positions such as vice dean for external appointments and intellectual life, vice dean for […]

Academic Advancement Program unveils new learning pavilion

A purple ribbon hung from the walls of an airy, light-filled room at Campbell Hall. With a snip of the scissors, a representative of UCLA’s Academic Advancement Program cut the ribbon and unveiled the Hall’s brand-new learning pavilion Tuesday. The Academic Advancement Program will use the 2,030-square-foot learning pavilion to further expand facilities for its […]

Indonesian Cultural Day brings traditional market atmosphere to UCLA

The resonating tones of Indonesian gamelan music is soothing for Kaylie Tannia. She plays the gendèr, an instrument made of tuned metal bars that resembles a xylophone. About 10 musical instruments, including the gong and the double-headed kendang drum, joined the gendér on stage last week as Tannia performed in an ethnomusicology concert in Schoenberg […]

UCLA professors launch campaign for son’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Dylan Miceli-Nelson took his final steps when he was 14 years old. Doctors diagnosed him with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD, when he was 3 years old. Since then, Nelson’s muscles have deteriorated from the lack of dystrophin in his body, a protein essential for muscle stabilization and repair. He lost the ability to walk […]