Author Archives: Tiffany Pan

The UCLA AIDS Institute will be administering free rapid HIV testing today as part of World AIDS Day, but anticipates not being able to accommodate everyone who wishes to get tested. Last year, campus turnout for free HIV testing exceeded organizers’ expectations ““ about 200 people were tested, but others were turned away. This year, […]

UCLA student Lucia Mendes has realized her dream of attending a university. But for her, it comes at a price that many others do not have to pay. Because her parents, who make little more than minimum wage ““ her father as a mechanic and her mother as a housekeeper ““ are unable to financially […]

Researchers at the UCLA-led Southern California Particle Center won an $8 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to research the sources of pollutants and their effects on health, UCLA officials announced Tuesday. The decision, made by the EPA on Nov. 17, came just days after the agency’s annual air quality report, which named […]

Two days after the unveiling of President Bush’s federal proposal to prepare the country for a potential pandemic of avian flu, California’s Assembly of Health Committee brought together a panel of experts and state public health officials at UCLA to discuss how ready the state is for a possible outbreak. The panel, headed by Assemblyman […]

In its largest effort to date, the Office of Residential Life organized the distribution of $12,000 worth of candy to children aged 5 to 11 from several South Los Angeles elementary schools and community centers. All-Hill Halloween is an event that brings in children from inner-city neighborhoods and offers them a safe environment to trick-or-treat. […]