This post was updated Nov. 20 at 7:47 p.m. A University of California professor and co-originator of genome editing technology Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats said researchers plan to expand the technology in order to increase human applications at a campus lecture series Thursday. Read more...
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he would cancel student debt and make college free at a rally in East Los Angeles on Saturday. Sanders held the rally in the predominantly Latino Eastside to mobilize voters in the area. Read more...
Photo: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke at a rally in East Los Angeles Saturday. Over 5,200 people came to support the Vermont senator, despite a last-minute venue change. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Noreen Ahmed spent five years counseling unemployed young adults and those who dropped out of high school. She said she realized many didn’t have access to the resources they needed, and that the best way to help underprivileged communities would be through local government. Read more...
Photo: Noreen Ahmed, a public policy graduate student, joined the North Westwood Neighborhood Council on Nov. 6 following a unanimous vote by the council. Friends, family and colleagues described Ahmed as a humble person that puts the needs of others before her own. She will serve on the committees on homelessness and the budget. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The World Health Organization defined “health” as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being in 1948. Wendelin Slusser, the associate vice provost for the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center and an adjunct professor of medicine and public health, said her LiveWell podcast could make a difference in promoting WHO’s definition of health rather than the common notion that health is merely the absence of disease. Read more...
Photo: Wendelin Slusser, the associate vice provost for the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center and a UCLA professor of medicine and public health, hosts a podcast which aims to help listeners to live healthier lives. (Courtesy of Wendelin Slusser)
Researchers can study the function of mitochondria in live tumor cells to predict potential treatments for lung tumors. David Shackelford, an associate professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Dr. Read more...
Photo: Milica Momcilovic (left), a UCLA research scientist and David Shackelford (right), an associate professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine, have found that mitochondria in live tumor cells could predict potential treatments. (Courtesy of Milo Mitchell/UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center)
The University of California promised to reduce the number of low-wage, outsourced contract workers it employs in a policy adopted Thursday. The UC’s largest employee union remains unsatisfied. Read more...
Photo: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 went on strike Wednesday in protest to outsourcing practices by the University of California. On Thursday, the UC passed a policy to reduce the number of low-wage, outsourced contract workers it employs. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
The governing board of the University of California met for the third day of its November meeting Thursday. The board held an open session to hear public comments. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents approved a new policy to restrict the outsourcing of workers and ensure contract workers receive the same pay as UC employees doing similar jobs at the third day of its November meeting. (Daily Bruin file photo)
