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UCLA fair shows off science cuts under Trump | Los Angeles Times
UCLA scientists, medical professors and graduate students are accustomed to presenting their research — into cancer, stroke, brain injury, nerve regeneration — at conferences of their peers with the aid of high-tech audio and visual equipment. But in back-to-back events in Westwood Village and on a campus courtyard this week, they tapped into their high school memories, erecting hand-made posters on easels and bringing in props from their labs — including a human brain — to simply explain their complex work. (UCLA’s William Zeiger, Vidya Saravanapandian, Elle Rathbun, Michael Apostol and Lydia Daboussi were quoted.)
NFL, UFC athletes try ‘miraculous’ psychedelic for brain injury | L.A. Times
Dr. Kevin Bickart, a UCLA neurology professor who specializes in brain injury in athletes, said that the Stanford study is “remarkably promising” and that it is reasonable to believe professional athletes could experience similar results. “This group [veterans] is a strong analogue for retired professional athletes from high-contact sports like football or hockey who are now dealing with persistent cognitive and emotional difficulties,” he said.
A play about human workers, not machines, gave us the word ‘robot’ | NPR
In the satirical melodrama, the idealist Harry Domin runs a factory that churns out soulless humanoid workers made of synthetic flesh and blood. It was Čapek's thinly veiled critique of the era's sociopolitical climate, according to Tobias Higbie, a professor of history and labor studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Music legend Herb Alpert helps a shop fix student instruments for free | NPR
Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen is a professor of music education at UCLA and says, “When students have an instrument that's not working for them, it can be incredibly frustrating. It causes them to think music's not for them.” So, she says, for a student to have access to free repairs “takes away that burden on families and lets [students] put their energy into just creating music.”
How Google organized opposition to California privacy proposal | CalMatters
Companies typically recruit users to advance their policy initiatives when they sense a threat to their business and no longer believe conventional lobbying will be sufficient, said UCLA sociology professor Edward Walker, who studies how companies mobilize customers to speak out about legislation.
UCLA professors are caught in political fight | Chronicle of Higher Education
The University of California at Los Angeles is caught in the middle of a political battle. On one side is the Trump administration, seeking to secure a $1-billion fine and concessions from the larger university system over claims of antisemitism at UCLA. On the other is Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a Democrat, who styles himself as an aggressive foil to Trump and is pushing the system to fight back. (UCLA’s Rachelle H. Crosbie, Anna Markowitz, and Terence Tao were quoted.)
Kirk assassination spark fears of rising political violence | CNN
“It's coming on the heels of several years, several presidential cycles of heated rhetoric across both sides. And you know, we see the blame game each side saying the other one instigated and started it,” said UCLA’s Benjamin Radd.
