Law student to end five-year run on Westwood Neighborhood Council

Angus Beverly has seen more students engage with local issues since he became a board member of the Westwood Neighborhood Council. Beverly, a student at UCLA School of Law, is ending his term on the Westwood Neighborhood Council, which advises the city council on Westwood issues, after graduating on May 11. Beverly has been a […]

Study shows rise in California children’s consumption of sugary drinks

More California children are drinking sugary beverages, according to a study released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Researchers in the center observed and compiled data on the nutrition of children aged 2 to 11 from the California Health Interview Survey from 2003 to 2014. According to a study published April 12, 30.9 […]

UCLA professors awarded American Academy of Arts and Sciences membership

Two UCLA professors were selected as members of a national honors society and independent policy research center. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected Philippe Bourgois, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, and Rosa Matzkin, a professor of economics, as members of the academy Wednesday. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which […]

UCLA law students win first place for carbon emission-combating startup

Two UCLA law students won $70,000 for creating a startup that recycles carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles into plastic. Mote, a startup company that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in public transportation, won first place in the Lowell Milken Law Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs on April 11. The competition consisted of two stages […]

UCLA researchers release study analyzing child marriages in US

More than 78,000 children in the U.S. are married or have been married, according to a report released by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health on Tuesday. The researchers looked at data collected between 2010 and 2014 that recorded the marital status of teens between ages 15 and 17. An average of 6.8 out […]

Study finds LA County residents generally reporting lower quality of life

UCLA researchers have found more than half of Los Angeles County residents are worried they might be displaced because of rising housing costs. The UCLA Luskin Los Angeles Initiative and The California Endowment released the 2018 Quality of Life Index, an annual study surveying LA County residents’ quality of life. Survey questions asked residents to […]

UC uses tuition to supplement dwindling state funds, federal grants

Most public universities in the United States, including the University of California, rely primarily on tuition revenue to fund higher education despite a nationwide increase in state funding, according to a report released last month. The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association released a report March 29 that showed that 28 states relied more heavily […]