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Lawsuit targets college tuition of 80,000 undocumented students | L.A. Times

Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA Law School, said California’s tuition law does not appear to violate the federal law the Trump administration is using in its challenge. (UCLA’s Ju Hong and Jack Feng were also quoted.)

Ukraine and Russia peace talks | KCAL-TV

“There are several points in the plan that we know of. It has not been released in full publicly, so there’s only leaks. But essentially, it amounts to a degree of capitulation for Ukraine,” said UCLA’s Benjamin Radd (approx. 1:00 mark).

Full Santa Ynez reservoir wouldn’t have helped Palisades hydrants | LAist

“This report confirms what we and others have been saying more broadly regarding water system expectations and capabilities, but does so completely independently and with new details specific to the L.A. fires,” Greg Pierce, the director of UCLA’s Human Right to Water Solutions Lab, said in an email to LAist.

Women experience hair loss too. Here's what can help | NPR

Understanding hair loss starts with understanding hair growth, says Dr. Carolyn Goh, a clinical professor of dermatology at UCLA. First of all, the hairs on your head aren't meant to stick around forever. Each strand goes through a cycle of growth, transition and rest. When a hair sheds at the end of its life, it's because there's a new hair growing and pushing it out, Goh says.

Will Calif.’s K-12 antisemitism law fill void from federal cuts? | CalMatters

“I think it’s a good idea and the state of California will pull it off. The risks are small and the possibility for good is large,” said Gary Orfield, co-director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA. “But for it to be successful, it has to have real responsibility and real power.”

Can one doctor be approved to work with 37 addiction centers? | OC Register

That is not an inconsequential amount of work. So does that mean being responsible for 37, or 22, or even 10 facilities, is too many? Dr. Larissa Mooney, director of UCLA’s Addiction Psychiatry Division and professor of clinical psychiatry, said that among her colleagues — including those in private practice — she didn’t know anyone who worked with more than two.

Bay Area city adds drought-proof water source | San Francisco Chronicle

David Jassby, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UCLA who studies desalination, said the technology makes sense for filling increasing gaps in local water supplies and giving water agencies more control. “By building the desalination capacity locally, you build in a resilience toward external disruptions,” he said.

After the Eaton fire, a mom's heart transplant is jeopardized | L.A. Times

Her family’s house on Los Robles was her foundation of stability, but lingering damage from smoke, soot and ash — and the intransigence of agencies charged with removing it — makes going home impossible. “When we get exposed to ash and all this stuff, we breathe faster and our heart beats faster,” said Dr. Peyman Benharash, a cardiothoracic surgeon at UCLA. “If someone’s heart is already pushed to the limit, it’s going to be much harder for them.”

Can a smaller U.S. National Academies remain relevant? | Science

Astrophysicist Margaret Kivelson, who chairs the Space Studies Board, agrees. Her board will be folded into the newly created Aeronautics, Space, and Astronomy unit within CAST. But Kivelson, professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, says its decadal studies in astronomy and planetary science are unlikely to be affected. It’s the bigger picture that worries her. “Our funding is overwhelmingly from NASA,” she notes. “And there’s lots to be concerned about there.”

Why your back pain could be a sign of something more serious | Independent

Study lead Dr. Zev Wainberg, from the University of California, Los Angeles, said: “Pancreas cancer (patients) even after all standard treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation, still have very high risks of the cancer coming back. “Our results show, in the group of patients who had profound immune responses (17/25, 68 per cent) achieved longer survival than we have expected in this cancer, quite a remarkable finding to occur in a phase 1 trial.”

New Jersey faces sea-level coastal flooding of toxic facilities | Inquirer

Two new studies on New Jersey’s rising sea levels predict potentially serious environmental outcomes in the Garden State, from the flooding of numerous toxic sites to significant erosion… “Flooding from sea level rise is dangerous on its own — but when facilities with hazardous materials are in the path of those floodwaters, the danger multiplies,” Lara Cushing, an associate professor at UCLA who assisted with the Climate Central study, said in a statement.