UCLA researchers recently refined a new method to target and eliminate HIV-infected cells. The study, published Jan. 10, showed how the treatment, known as the kick and kill method, successfully destroyed human immune cells infected with a dormant form of HIV in mice. Read more...
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Kristin Crowley, a deputy chief, will be the first female fire chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Crowley will officially take her new role March 26 following more than 26 years working in emergency response, 22 of which were in the firefighting sector. Read more...
Photo: Kristin Crowley, a Los Angeles Fire Department deputy chief, was nominated to become the next LAFD fire chief. With more than 26 years of experience working in emergency response services, Crowley will be the LAFD’s first female fire chief and is set to take the role March 26. (Courtesy of Los Angeles Fire Department)
This post was updated Feb. 23 at 8:44 a.m. Student workers, supporters and members of University of California labor unions rallied Thursday to demand affordable housing. Read more...
Photo: Rally attendees stand outside of Murphy Hall. Multiple University of California labor unions called for more affordable housing options Thursday. (Megan Cai/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA community expressed concern after the Asian American Studies Center received a flyer declaring that a white supremacist rally would be held on campus on Feb. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students and faculty expressed concerns about the university’s response after the Asian American studies department received a flyer regarding a white supremacist rally that was meant to occur Feb. 14. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
University of California students and faculty expressed support for a proposed bill that would lend $5 billion to construct affordable housing while also urging the UC to find more solutions for systemwide housing shortages. Read more...
Photo: The Landfair apartments are one of the multiple university-owned housing options for UCLA students. University of California community members are calling for more systemwide efforts to address student housing shortages. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
Disability rights advocate Judith Heumann spoke about the need to increase the accessibility of higher education in a Zoom lecture Thursday. Heumann has been advocating for disability rights since the 1970s and has worked on legislation including Section 504, the Individuals with Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...
Photo: Disability rights advocate Judith Heumann spoke with student leaders and at the Regents’ Professors and Lecturers Program to discuss the accessibility of higher education. (Screen capture by Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council representing UCLA, Westwood Village and the North Village to the Los Angeles City Council. Council meetings are held each month and open to the public via Zoom. Read more...
