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...
Rodrigo Aranda was cleaning out the trash in his car when he found the bag of marijuana. Aranda had always refrained from doing drugs, even though his friends did, because he had been too busy with schoolwork. Read more...
Photo: Christian Kramme, a third-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, medicates himself with a one-to-one strain of cannabis. He has used cannabis for several years to treat issues like lack of appetite under the medical marijuana program in California. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
Proposition 64 passed in November, legalizing recreational marijuana use in California. When it goes into full effect on Jan. 1, 2018, anyone 21 or older, including UCLA students, will be able to buy marijuana from stores with retail licenses. Read more...
