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September 29, 12:12 am
Graphic: Inaccurate ID renders transgender voters ineligible
A Closer Look, News, Science & Health
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September 29, 12:05 am
Q&A: Professor talks income segregation in land use regulations
Associate professor Paavo Monkkonen and assistant professor Michael Lens, of the Urban Planning Department at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, spent the past few years investigating the relationship between land use regulations and segregation by income. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs professors Paavo Monkkonen and Michael Lens had their research in urban planning cited in the September issue of a White House publication. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
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September 27, 9:55 pm
Student creates secret agent game to encourage young girls in STEM
In a game created by a UCLA student and her two sisters, 11- to 14-year-old players can combat a villain as agents for a top secret government agency. Read more...
Photo: Megan, Stephanie and Alicia Williams are triplet sisters who are developing Agent XX, an upcoming mobile game application targeted at young women interested in science, technology, engineering and math. (Courtesy of Jayne Williams)
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September 26, 9:47 pm
UCLA CARES program provides support for children with anxiety
A UCLA center that gives families and professionals resources to help treat children’s anxiety has been conducting research and hiring more staff since it was established earlier this year. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support, which gives people information about how they can treat anxiety, will launch new programs to better treat the condition. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
News, Science & Health
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September 25, 10:28 pm
UCLA Health program aims to improve fitness in LA schools
School-affiliated personnel from 11 middle and high schools in Los Angeles County can use newly furnished fitness centers funded by UCLA Health this year. The UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind, which promotes childhood health, aims to reduce obesity rates in the Los Angeles Unified School District by funding fitness centers. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind helps schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District build fitness centers and improve their physical education programs through grants up to $50,000. (Courtesy of UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind)
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September 22, 9:09 pm
Students intern in Uganda to grow a safer, cleaner environment
Students in a small Ugandan village jumped from their seats to greet Harveen Sekhon every time she entered the classroom. Sekhon, a third-year human biology and society student, taught menstrual hygiene and sanitation practices this summer at Johnson Nkosi Memorial Primary School, where some members of the community are single mothers, orphans and children living with HIV and AIDS. Read more...
Photo: GlobeMed at UCLA helped fund the building of water sources like boreholes in the Nama sub-county in Uganda, providing villagers with clean water access. (Courtesy of GlobeMed at UCLA)
Campus, News, Science & Health
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September 22, 2:36 am
Biomedical library to reduce hours during seismic proofing process
The Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library at UCLA will reduce its hours until April due to construction. The Biomedical Library began construction Aug. 29 to make the building more resistant to earthquakes. Read more...
Photo: The Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library is currently undergoing construction and will reduce its hours until April. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)