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New California tool ranks extreme heat danger by neighborhood | LAist

“People still don’t often see extreme heat as really risky, so we need to really reach out, especially to people who are going to be more vulnerable,” said David Eisenman, professor of medicine at UCLA and co-director of the Center for Healthy Climate Solutions. He led the team that developed the statistical methods behind the heat score system.

Genetic tests gap for autism, intellectual disability | HealthDay

“Genetic testing provides crucial information that can end this search for many families, potentially identifying specific diagnoses, informing treatment approaches and connecting families with appropriate support services,” [Dr. Julian Martinez, director of the Autism Genetics Clinic at UCLA] said.

Is there a new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease? | Health Central

“On average, it takes more than 18 months for patients to receive an AD diagnosis,” says Dr. Jason Hinman, associate professor of neurology and the interim co-director of the UCLA Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care in Los Angeles. “A simple blood test could provide an important screening tool for primary care providers and geriatric specialists to streamline the workup for those patients with AD.”

Israel and Iran agree to ceasefire | KNBC-TV

“Well, this is quite a surprise, and I think the Iranian government realized that they were really in a bind. They were facing at least a two-front war, if not a third front, if the Qataris decided to retaliate for earlier strikes today. With their nuclear program in tatters as a result of the U.S. strike from over the weekend, and with Israel continuing to bomb and attack Iranian security installations in the country even as of a few hours ago, I think the government realized they really had nowhere else to go but to really call it quits here after symbolically and performatively retaliating against Qatar,” said UCLA’s Benjamim Radd (Radd was also interviewed by KCRW 89.9-FM’s “Press Play.”)

L.A.’s Iranian community: ‘mixed and complicated’ feelings | Los Angeles Times

Kevan Harris, an associate professor of sociology at UCLA, said that any U.S. involvement in a military conflict with Iran is freighted with meaning, and has long been the subject of hand-wringing. “This scenario — which seems almost fantastical in a way — is something that has been in the imagination: The United States is going to bomb Iran,” said Harris, an Iranian American who wrote the book “A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran.” “For 20 years, this is something that has been regularly discussed.”

Will California lose these college tuition benefits? | Los Angeles Times

“There are questions about exactly what that means,” said Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law. “Does that apply to universities that do not use residency as a requirement for the tuition rate but instead use high school graduation in the state?” he said, explaining that state practices differ.

Why you don’t need to teach your 3-year-old to read | Los Angeles Times

For the vast majority of children, research suggests that ages 5 to 7 are the prime time to teach reading, said Maryanne Wolf, director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners and Social Justice at UCLA.

UCLA named a top drama school | Hollywood Reporter

The very centrally located undergraduate program in Westwood offers close proximity to the entertainment industry and a bachelor in arts with an acting emphasis, where students can take a five-quarter sequence of acting, voice and movement classes. In addition to acting in productions, UCLA takes an interdisciplinary approach to its training, with students learning across theater, film and television (about 65 applicants are accepted each year across all disciplines).