This post was updated June 2 at 11:20 p.m. A multiuniversity project led by UCLA researchers received $20 million from the federal government Friday to provide services for teenagers and young adults who have been diagnosed or are at risk for HIV. Read more...
Photo: Mary Rotheram-Borus (far left), former director of the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services, will head an initiative to study and develop treatment for HIV-positive youth. (UCLA Newsroom)
UCLA researchers are examining the origins of the universe’s oldest galaxies through a joint project with NASA. The Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space uses NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to collect data about elements in faraway galaxies, said Tommaso Treu, principal investigator of the project and a physics and astronomy professor at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers in the GLASS project used the Hubble telescope to capture the light spectrum of distant galaxies, and researchers used this data to find elements present in the first galaxies created right after the Big Bang. (NASA)
A graduate student developed a research committee dedicated to analyzing international student-specific issues at UCLA. Justin Gelzhiser, a graduate student in education, formed the committee to provide information on issues facing international students on campus, such as the recent immigration ban. Read more...
Photo: (Shreya Mantri/Daily Bruin)
UCLA scientists developed a new laboratory test that will expand antibiotic treatment options for patients with gonorrhea. Physicians began to use ceftriaxone to treat gonorrhea after the drug ciprofloxacin developed a resistance to the disease in the late ’90s and early 2000s. Read more...
UCLA will offer a new interdisciplinary course involving hands-on projects and fieldwork in Los Angeles this summer. Students registered in summer sessions can apply to Digital Humanities 30: “Los Angeles Tech City: Digital Technologies & Spatial Justice” until July 2. Read more...
Proposition 64 passed in November, legalizing recreational marijuana use in California. When it goes into full effect Jan. 1, 2018, UCLA students and anyone 21 or older will be able to buy marijuana from stores with retail licenses. Read more...
Photo: Siddharth Aysola, 7, has cerebral palsy and a form of refractory epilepsy called infantile spasms. His parents said that supplementary cannabis treatment has helped Sidd better control his condition and wane off more of his antiepileptic medications. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
Since UCLA was designated a smoke-free campus, tobacco use has shown mixed signs of abating. The University of California instated the UC Smoke & Tobacco Free Policy to eliminate all use of tobacco products on campus in 2014. Read more...
