A newly renovated lactation room in the Student Activities Center held its grand reopening Friday afternoon as part of an effort to improve the climate for mothers on campus. The lactation room provides breastfeeding mothers a private, designated space on campus to breastfeed. About 23 people attended the opening, which was held by the UCLA […]
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UCLA researcher discovers possible drawback of Alzheimer’s medication
A UCLA researcher has found that one of the most commonly prescribed medications for Alzheimer’s disease may accelerate the cognitive decline of patients who carry a genetic variation. Sophie Sokolow, an associate professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, published her study in February using data collected during a 2005 trial of donepezil, a medication […]
Organization helps beat cardiac arrest with free heart screenings
The Saving Hearts Foundation will host its first free heart screening at UCLA in the Ackerman Grand Ballroom on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by UCLA undergraduates, will provide the preventative heart screenings for signs of cardiac arrest. UCLA students and members of the greater Los Angeles […]
Assemblymember proposes tuition freeze for public universities
A state legislator introduced a bill Feb. 9 that would freeze tuition at public universities and colleges in California. Sharon Quirk-Silva, a Democratic assemblymember from Orange County, proposed the Student Protection Act, which would leave tuition and school fees at the amount charged on Dec. 31, 2016 through the 2019 to 2020 academic year at […]
Q&A: Professor talks income segregation in land use regulations
Associate professor Paavo Monkkonen and assistant professor Michael Lens, of the Urban Planning Department at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, spent the past few years investigating the relationship between land use regulations and segregation by income. Their findings, which emphasized that local land use regulations often exclude low-income families from wealthier neighborhoods, were […]
Graduate students can now take new course on digital records
Graduate students will be able to examine video evidence from body worn cameras in a new course this fall. The UCLA Department of Information Studies’ four-unit seminar, “Special Topics in Information Studies: Archival Practice in the Age of Ubiquitous Surveillance Technologies,” will review policies about audiovisual material and provide training for students pursuing careers in […]
UCLA brings children together at annual pediatric craniofacial picnic
For one day each year, kids with craniofacial anomalies spend time with each other and their families at UCLA’s Sunset Canyon Recreation Center lawn. At the annual UCLA Pediatric Craniofacial Program picnic, held Aug. 6, kids of all ages will be able to play games, paint their faces and jump on bounce houses. These children […]