University of California patient care workers and service workers announced a systemwide strike this month. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 issued Friday that patient care technical workers will walk out Oct. Read more...
Photo: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 issued a press release Friday announcing patient care technical workers will walk out Oct. 23 to Oct. 25. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)
The brains of people with schizophrenia may respond differently to social rewards than those of neurotypical individuals, according to a recent study by UCLA researchers. Junghee Lee, the study’s first author and an assistant research psychologist at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, said the findings could eventually translate into a treatment for the difficulties schizophrenic individuals face in social interactions. Read more...
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The UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy released its first report, which details the history of rent-control policies in Los Angeles. The report was released Oct. Read more...
Photo: The Luskin Center for History and Policy released its first major publication Oct. 1. It details strategies to tackle the housing crisis in Los Angeles. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A coalition of candidates running for positions on the new North Westwood Neighborhood Council plans to campaign using social media and personal contacts to connect with stakeholders before the election. Read more...
Photo: Westwood Forward, the coalition that campaigned for the creation of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council, is entering its campaign period. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
Students expressed concerns at a Wednesday town hall that a new security camera policy would increase breaches of privacy. UCLA Policy 133, which was announced Sept. Read more...
Photo: At the town hall, students brought up concerns including funding, privacy violations, access to resources and the timing of the policy’s announcement. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
A University of California patient care worker union voted to authorize a strike. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 patient care technical workers voted with 96 percent support to authorize the strike, according to an AFSCME news release. Read more...
Photo: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 patient care technical workers voted with 96 percent support to authorize the strike. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA chemistry professor was selected as the first person to hold UCLA’s Kenneth N. Trueblood Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry. Neil Garg was selected to hold the chair Friday, according to the chemistry department’s website. Read more...
Photo: Chemistry professor Neil Garg was selected as the first professor to hold UCLA’s Kenneth N. Trueblood Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry. (Daily Bruin file photo)
