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Bipartisan lawmakers reintroduce bill to establish a national Latino museum | NBC News
A report last year by the University of California, Los Angeles, largely mirrored a 1994 report by the Smithsonian Institution Task Force on Latinos that concluded that not enough is being done to recognize and include Hispanic contributions, with the Task Force report going as far as labeling it “a pattern of willful neglect” toward the Latino population in the United States.
Boys with a rare muscle disease are breathing on their own, thanks to gene therapy | Science magazine
As far as muscle function is concerned, the boys “have gone from nothing to something,” says principal investigator Perry Shieh, a neurologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “Time will tell how much that something will be.”… Dogs with a milder form of MTM that received the same therapy and gained the ability to run are still doing fine years later, Shieh notes.
Technology isn’t destroying jobs, but is increasing inequality | Forbes
A good example of this comes from a recently published study from the University of California, Los Angeles, which explores how technology (in the broadest sense) has affected wages over the years. The research examined the introduction of something as relatively mundane as broadband into Brazil between 2000 and 2009. It revealed that the technology coincided with an increase in wages across the labor market, but whereas the average employee saw wages rise by just 2.3%, those in managerial positions saw a 9% rise, and those in the boardroom saw an even more impressive 19% boost to the income. The hypothesis proposed by the researchers is that the new technology allowed the more productive workers to be even more productive, thus widening the income gap between them.
The American family makes this country great, and it’s in danger | New York Times Opinion
Common sense tells us, and research confirms, that stable households and environments are critical factors in ensuring educational achievement. According to 68 percent of the educators who were surveyed in a 2018 University of California at Los Angeles study, aggressive immigration enforcement has led to increased absenteeism among Latino students, many fearing that a parent will be taken away while they are at school. Because absenteeism is directly correlated with high school dropout rates, this behavior not only affects academic grades but also hurts the student’s future employment opportunities and leads to lower wages in adulthood.
Trump administration strengthens ‘conscience rule’ for health care workers | New York Times
“The goal of the proposed rule was to expand the universe of individuals and conduct that would be protected under the provider conscience laws, and to institute a broader range of enforcement tools and formal requirements,” said Jocelyn Samuels, who was the director of the office for civil rights for part of the Obama administration, and is now the executive director of the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. She expressed concern that the rule could affect women’s access to reproductive health care, and care for L.G.B.T. patients more generally.
‘Star Wars’ cinematographer Dan Mindel named cinematographer-in-residence at UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television | Deadline
“Dan Mindel’s body of work as a cinematographer is an impressive representation of his technical skill and artistic talent,” said UCLA TFT Professor William McDonald. “He is a supreme visual storyteller and our students will learn so much from his extensive experience as a premier director of photography. He has a generous spirit and we are grateful for his enthusiastic willingness to share his knowledge with this generation of young filmmakers and those still to come.”
Diabetic amputations a ‘shameful metric’ of inadequate care | Kaiser Health News
A 2014 study by UCLA researchers found that people with diabetes in poorer neighborhoods in Los Angeles County were twice as likely to have a foot or leg amputated than those in wealthier areas. The difference was more than tenfold in some parts of the county…. Californians with diabetes who have a regular place to go for health care other than the emergency room are less likely to get amputations, according to an analysis conducted for Kaiser Health News by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. If they have a plan to control their diabetes, they also have less chance of amputation. The analysis shows that many amputations could be avoided with better access to care and better disease management, said Ninez Ponce, director of the center. “It’s the most shameful metric we have on quality of care,” Ponce said. “It is a health equity issue. We are a very rich state. We shouldn’t be seeing these diabetic amputations.”
There are new options in trans underwear | New York Times
Dr. Reddy-Best first began noticing trans-friendly undergarments around 2010 and credits growth in the market to the transgender rights movement. “As social issues arise around bathrooms and legislation, transgender needs are being brought up and different ideas are circulating,” she said. Dr. Reddy-Best cited a 2017 UCLA study of 1,600 California households in which 27 percent of adolescents deemed themselves “gender-nonconforming.” “This gives gender equality and the things needed to make that happen more widespread attention,” she said.
Math and sports come together at a festival in Washington | Washington Post
Did you see the movie “Frozen”? Joseph Teran, a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, will speak about the math behind the special effects in the movie. Speaking of movies, the festival will show a film from the science television series “Nova” called “Prediction by the Numbers.” It demonstrates how math is used to predict many things, including storms, elections and even TV game shows.
Crowded march reflects the resilience of the migrant community in Los Angeles | La Opinión
Victor Narro, project director at UCLA’s Labor Center, stated that during the past 10 years, workers in the United States have obtained major victories for the improvement of workplace conditions. “Many cities around the country, led by the city of Los Angeles, have established better wages for all workers, which now equal more than double the federal minimum wage,” he told La Opinión…. “California has led the way with some of the best labor policies in the last 10 years, and these policies were strongly sought by unions, labor centers and immigrants’ rights groups,” Narro said. (Translated from Spanish)
Imagine Dragons frontman slams ‘conversion therapy’ at Billboard awards | NBC News Online
Conversion therapy is a medically discredited practice that aims to change one’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Currently, talk therapy is the most commonly used therapy technique, according to a 2018 report by UCLA’s Williams Institute, but some practitioners have also combined this with “aversion treatments,” such as induced vomiting or electric shocks, the report said.
Most e-scooter injuries could be prevented, CDC finds | CBS News
Head injuries are some of the most common e-scooter injuries, according to a recent study from the University of California, Los Angeles. Other common injuries include fractures and dislocated joints.
Why countries in crisis could use something like therapy | Bloomberg Review
Jared Diamond made his name as a geographical determinist. In his 1997 book, “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies,” the University of California at Los Angeles professor observed that, because Europe and Asia — unlike Africa or the Americas — stretch across roughly the same latitude, the plants and animals that were domesticated in one part could be spread quickly to others…. Now, at 81, the indefatigable professor is still writing on the fate of human societies. But this time, he’s more specific about how they can decide their fates. Instead of geography, therapy is the governing principle in “Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis,” out May 7. Diamond likens nations in trouble to individuals going through a recovery.
Black gay brunch, Muslim women in film & TV and Hollywood’s new push for inclusive networking | The Hollywood Reporter
For instance, A+, an Asian-American subgroup, includes writer Adele Lim (“Crazy Rich Asians”) and producer Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (“Family Guy”), while the Black Women Gather brunch group is led by UCLA law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, who specializes in race and gender, and activist Brittany Packnett.
Steve the odd ‘aurora’ revealed to be two sky shows in one | National Geographic
The new research is “clearly a significant leap forward” in understanding the origin of Steve, says Larry Lyons, an expert in magnetospheric and ionospheric physics at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was not involved with the work.
Scientists identify genes tied to increased risk of ovarian cancer | Scienmag
“If you detect ovarian cancer really early, then the survival rate is very high, nearly 90 percent,” said [Dr. Bogdan] Pasaniuc, who is also a member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. “But that doesn’t happen often. Most cases are found at a later stage and survival drops dramatically. That’s why we want to understand the genetics behind it — so we can do a better job at predicting who is at a higher risk of developing this cancer.”
