Three UCLA law students helped a Native American tribe in California navigate decades of legal framework that inhibited their food sovereignty. The Yurok Tribe’s ancestral territory stretches through Northern California, including a reservation along the Klamath River. Read more...
Photo: Nicole Hansen was one of three law school students who worked to improve food safety and sovereignty for the Native American Yurok Tribe in northern California. (Courtesy of Nicole Hansen)
This post was updated Sept. 6 at 9:59 p.m. Two UCLA professors hope to raise awareness about the border crisis and humanize the experiences of undocumented migrants who died trying to cross the United States-Mexico border in the documentary “Águilas.” The film features the humanitarian organization Aguilas del Desierto and its missions in the Sonoran Desert to find missing migrants. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Maite Zubiaurre)
This post was updated Aug. 29 at 8:35 p.m. Medical debt is the leading source of U.S. debt and disproportionately affects low-income individuals and Americans in the South, according to a UCLA-led study published in July. Read more...
Photo: Medical debt is the leading source of debt in the U.S., reaching $140 billion in 2020, according to researchers at UCLA, Harvard University and Stanford University. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Expiring eviction moratoriums may have contributed to a rise in COVID-19 case rates and mortality rates in several states in 2020, according to a recent UCLA study. Read more...
Photo: States where eviction moratoriums expired in 2020 saw significant surges in new COVID-19 cases and deaths, according to a recent UCLA study. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
This post was updated Aug. 15 at 7:26 p.m. Brick by brick, a UCLA alumnus is building his way to the top on Fox’s “LEGO Masters,” a Lego-building reality competition show. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Tom Griscom/FOX)
This post was updated Aug. 8 at 10:01 p.m. An 11 p.m. leap-of-faith decision took Sharila Stewart, a UCLA alumnus, to the first season of “Top Chef Amateurs.” Premiering July 1, “Top Chef Amateurs” is a spinoff of the American reality show “Top Chef” and features home cooks instead of professional chefs as contestants. Read more...
Photo: (From left: Sharila Stewart’s Angolan inspired peanut sponge cake, Stewart in her home kitchen, and Stewart’s lamb roast with haricot vert and potatoes.) UCLA alumni Sharila Stewart is a contestant on the first season of “Top Chef Amateurs” this year. Stewart said the diversity of dishes in UCLA dining halls helped develop her love for learning about other cultures and bringing people together through food. (Courtesy of Sharila Stewart)
This post was updated Aug. 1 at 7:07 p.m. UCLA Health hospitals were ranked as the third best in the country by the U.S. News & World Report, up from being ranked fourth best nationally last year. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health hospitals ranked first in Los Angeles and California and third nationally, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2021-2022 America’s Best Hospitals report. (Daily Bruin file photo)
