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The myth of anti-white discrimination in L.A. schools | Los Angeles Times
“It is a racist distraction,” Tyrone Howard, a UCLA professor of education, told me. “Look, I want to be nuanced here,” Howard said. “I am sure there must be some white Americans somewhere in our country who have and are experiencing discrimination in some form. Surely there must be, but they’re not at all the overwhelming majority of citizens who are on the receiving end of race-based discrimination, not hardly.” (Howard was also quoted by EdSource.)
Water company recovery plan gives Altadena residents sticker shock | LAist
Another challenge with rebuilding private water companies is that they are ineligible for state and federal funds that public utilities have access to, said Greg Pierce, senior director of the Luskin Center for Innovation at UCLA and lead author of reports on the damage to water systems after the fires and how water systems can rebuild more resiliently. “These systems really have been on their own,” Pierce said. That largely means the costs to rebuild will fall on customers.
Colorectal cancer is leading cancer death in those under 50 | NBC News
While the overall decline in cancer-related deaths is welcome news, the findings starkly highlight the worrying rise in colorectal cancer deaths among young people, said Dr. Folasade May, an associate professor of medicine in the UCLA Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases.
Outrage after federal agents detain Minneapolis 5-year-old | New York Times
“You definitely cannot arrest a child to use them as bait,” said Ahilan Arulanantham, a co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA.
Can prescription drug leucovorin treat autism? History says not likely | NPR
In the meantime, the FDA is relying on studies that are badly flawed, says Dr. Shafali Jeste, chair of pediatrics at UCLA. "These trials have been conducted without the rigor that we would really want to determine that something should be FDA approved for autism," she says.
Patagonia sues climate activist Pattie Gonia over trademark | USA Today
Trademark experts say the dispute lands squarely in today’s murky world of personal branding. “It’s complicated,” said UCLA law professor Mark McKenna, noting the rise of creators who trademark their stage names for clothing, events, and online content. McKenna said consumers are unlikely to think Pattie Gonia’s apparel is made by Patagonia — but they might assume some kind of collaboration, which is where legal risk grows.
MAGA movement ramps up attacks on 'progressive white women' | AFP
Juliet Williams, a gender studies professor at UCLA, said such comments are typical of a patriarchal worldview that requires men to “understand themselves as inherently superior.”
High-protein craze is reaching new heights in 2026 | The Press-Enterprise
There’s little evidence that Americans aren’t getting enough protein, according to Kayla de la Haye, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. “One in 10 Americans are eating enough fruits and veggies, but the very vast majority of us are not eating enough fruits and veggies,” she said in a phone interview. “The same is not true of protein. Our protein intake is actually one of the highest in the world.
The long-term implications of Trump's Davos appearance | Marketplace
“[Carney] received a standing ovation, which really doesn’t happen,” said Kal Raustiala, director of UCLA’s Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations. “Davos is a very buttoned-down place.” Raustiala said Carney’s comments echoed frustrations over a year of erratic policies from the Trump administration.
Prospects for peace between Russia and Ukraine | CNN
“Zelenskyy was referring to the fact that every time he comes to Davos every year, he tells the Europeans, wake up. You need to do more to defend yourselves. And nothing seems to get done. But there's another sense in which the story keeps repeating itself, which is the story of the negotiations over a ceasefire led by President Trump,” said UCLA’s Daniel Treisman (approx. 1:15 mark).
Tracking the toxic fallout of the LA fires | NPR’s “Science Friday”
A year later, scientists are trying to understand the fallout of this urban wildfire — what chemicals got left behind, how to remediate them, and the threats to our health. … “We collected air samples during the active fire period, and then went back again and took measurements when the fire was about halfway contained, and went out again to take air samples when the fire was completely put out,” said Yifang Zhu, professor of environmental health sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. … “The big surprise to us is how much higher some of the chemicals were inside homes, compared to outside, after the fires were over.” (approx. 4:40 mark).
