After serving in the Navy for almost five years, Tatiana Medina said she did not receive proper treatment at Veterans Affairs medical centers in the United States after her service. Read more...
Photo: Ted Lieu, who represents UCLA and Westwood in Congress, hosted the town hall Friday night to highlight veterans’ experiences. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
UCLA environmental health researchers said they think the rules the Environmental Protection Agency announced last week will favor the interests of the energy industry. EPA administrator Scott Pruitt said scientists who receive grants from the agency will no longer be allowed to serve on its federal scientific advisory committees. Read more...
Photo: Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced last week the EPA would bar scientists who receive agency grants from serving on its advisory committees. (Public Domain photo by Eric Vance via United States Environmental Protection Agency)
A recently retired astronaut, who is also a UCLA alumna, encouraged children attending a science festival Sunday to pursue an education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read more...
Photo: Anna Fisher, a UCLA alumna and the first mother in space, had attended a NASA meeting to prepare for flight three days after giving birth. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
A tax bill House Republicans introduced Thursday would cut tax benefits for college students and higher education institutions. The plan reduces tax credits college students receive for tuition by categorizing employer-provided tuition payments as taxable income and eliminating a deduction on the interest college alumni pay on student loans. Read more...
Photo: A University of California spokesperson said the proposed changes would hurt UC students who struggle with the cost of attending college but are outside the eligibility of need-based financial aid programs. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students in a grassroots political organization spent three hours calling voters in Virginia to support a local Democratic candidate at a phone banking event Friday. About 12 students in Bruins Elect met in a Westwood apartment to call residents in the Virginia House of Delegates’ 68th district to garner support for Dawn Adams, a candidate in Tuesday’s election. Read more...
Photo: Students in Bruins Elect met Friday to call residents in Virginia’s 68th House of Delegates district to garner support for a Democratic candidate running in the race. The group has held several phone banking sessions in the past for other candidates outside of California, including those in Georgia and Montana. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
Legal experts and activists said at a symposium Friday they think the United States needs to improve its prisons’ mental and physical health care systems. About a dozen lawyers, academics and activists attended UCLA Law Review Discourse’s first symposium about health care issues in prisons and the long-term physical and psychological consequences of prison life on formerly incarcerated people. Read more...
Photo: Rudy Reyes, a formerly-incarcerated individual who advocates for former prisoners, said at an event Friday he experienced anxiety, depression and lack of spatial awareness after spending 23 years in solitary confinement. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated June 21 at 2:27 p.m. Editor’s note: This post was updated to retroactively remove a source’s last name out of concern for their privacy and safety. Read more...
Photo: Mohamed Owedah, a Palestinian Combatants for Peace member, and Galia Galili, an Israeli Combatants for Peace member, shared their experiences living in the conflict zone and from their time in CFP. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
