The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Forum meetings are at 5:30 p.m. in the Ackerman Viewpoint Lounge. Agenda Vice President of External Affairs Andrés Schneider gave an overview of GSA’s annual trip […]
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UCLA, USC to research health disparities of LGBT military personnel
A $1.89 million UCLA and USC research study funded by the U.S. Department of Defense will examine health disparities between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender military service members and heterosexual service members. The two-year study grant, awarded in September, will fund one of the first projects sponsored by the Department of Defense since the 2010 […]
UCLA anthropology program student researches Cambodian tourism industry
Disha Bhagwat was strolling through Pub Street, home to noisy bars and clubs frequented by wealthy tourists, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, last year when she was caught off guard by lonely children dancing and people with disabilities performing music on the street for money. Bhagwat, a fourth-year economics student, said that moment inspired a research […]
UCLA employee inspires positivity in students after battling addiction
In 2011, Damone Brown thought he had it all – an apartment of his own and a well-paying social service job that allowed him to help the homeless. Within a year, he became homeless himself, unemployed and dependent on drugs. After years of battling addiction and homelessness, Brown began to rebuild his life by working […]
Diagnosis motivates assistant professor to conduct breast cancer research
Elisa Long spent her six-hour, daily chemotherapy sessions last summer reclining in a hospital chair binge-watching “The Price is Right,” determined to learn the rules and tricks of the games. She was a contestant on the show’s breast cancer awareness special in August, after completing a chemotherapy session the day before. Long said her statistical […]
Scientists hope to use SIMS water treatment technology to tackle drought
A portable, self-operating, Internet-equipped water purification plant that can be carried on a trailer truck has been turning contaminated water into clean water for over a year. Known as the Smart Integrated Membrane System, or SIMS, the water treatment plant has steadily treated 25,000 gallons of clean water a day, enough to supply around 100 […]
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs names interim dean
The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs named a professor of urban planning and Asian American studies as interim dean effective immediately, officials announced Wednesday. Lois M. Takahashi will replace Frank Gilliam, the outgoing dean, who will be the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The Luskin School of Public Affairs plans […]