This post was updated June 2 at 12:03 a.m.
Arjun Pathiyal won a position on the North Westwood Neighborhood Council as an undergraduate student board member in April.

For the best songs, the magic never ends.
Such magic can often be found among the rich songbook of Walt Disney Animation Studios. For decades, the studio’s films have been immortalized by the evocative storytelling and eternal hooks of the songs.

Artificial intelligence experts at UCLA said AI deregulation creates cultural challenges and has significant business implications following a Trump administration executive order.
One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders – executive order 14179 – passed in January and revoked previous AI regulation policies that he described as “barriers to American AI innovation.” Titled “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” the order places a high emphasis on global leadership and competition and deregulating AI.

UCLA Asian and Pacific Islander filmmakers showcased their work and discussed the struggles the communities face at the API Film Night on May 9.
Four creatives, made up of a mix of UCLA alumni and current students, presented their films and talked about the process behind their work at the James Bridges Theater.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shared his passion for protest at his book talk Monday.
The UCLA alumnus and former National Basketball Association player published his newest book, “We All Want to Change the World: My Journey Through Social Justice Movements From the 1960s to Today” on May 13.

Experts discussed patterns in the history of fire in the context of the January Los Angeles County fires at the Fowler Museum on April 30.
The panel, titled, “Why History Matters: L.A.

This post was updated May 6 at 9:14 p.m.
Children participated in a journaling workshop promoting mental health hosted at the Hammer Museum on Sunday.
At the event presented by 826LA, a nonprofit that aims to teach children ages six to 18 creative writing skills, students played a game to learn coping strategies, drew their dream gardens and wrote about their safe and happy places through guided prompts.

A policy brief published by the UCLA Center on Reproductive Health, Law and Policy found that unconditional cash transfer programs could benefit pregnant people and new parents.

This post was updated April 27 at 9 p.m.
Deadly secrets are revealed in “No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson.”
Gardiner Harris, a former pharmaceutical reporter for The New York Times and a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, effectively explains the legal battles involving the global health care company and the difficulties the media has in reporting on health-related scandals in his latest book, which was released April 8.

This post was updated April 25 at 12:43 a.m.
Jacob Lawson won a position on the North Westwood Neighborhood Council as an Undergraduate Student Board Member on April 4.