Monday, May 11



CALPIRG, UCLA Library to push jointly for use of free, low-cost course material

Almost one-third of students nationwide use financial aid reimbursements to pay for textbooks, according to a report several state student activist groups released Wednesday. California Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of students, and other similar state organizations found the average student spends more than $300 on books per term, according to the report. Read more...


UCLA researchers use NewsScape archive to analyze human communication

A CNN anchor gestured with her right hand, moving it away from the center of her body to the left, as she gave updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during an Ebola crisis in 2014. Read more...

Photo: Francis Steen, alongside several other UCLA statistics and communication studies professors, are using the UCLA Library Broadcast NewsScape video archive to analyze social and political news clips. (Rocio Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)


U.S. official calls for focus on gender equality as means to end AIDS

The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator called for an end to the AIDS epidemic by 2030 in a speech at UCLA Wednesday afternoon. Around 70 professors, students and international delegates attended a speech by Dr. Read more...

Photo: Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator for U.S. Global AIDS, said at an event at UCLA on Wednesday that creating partnerships and improving education can help end the AIDS epidemic. (Creative Commons photo by Center for Strategic and International Studies via Youtube)