Ma’ayan Epstein noticed disparities in patient care when working in the field as a psychiatry clinical research coordinator.
She said she found that patients from lower-income areas – not privately insured – were less likely to receive treatment and prognosis from health care professionals.

Abraham Adhanom was wrapping up his 14th year of teaching two African language courses when the dean of humanities notified him his classes would be eliminated after spring 2025.

This post was updated Jan. 27 at 9:58 p.m.
Gareth James will serve as the next dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, UCLA announced Jan.

Quincy Peters’ family friend was shot and killed by police in 2008.
Fifteen years later, she began working at the UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab – where researchers analyze the autopsies of people who have died in jails or during encounters with law enforcement officers – with the hopes of making legislative change to the policing system.

More than 100 people gathered Wednesday in Wilson Plaza to eat Persian food, practice Chinese calligraphy and watch traditional performances as part of World Languages Day.

This post was updated Jan. 25 at 9:22 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents approved the dismissal of a tenured UCLA professor Wednesday.
Priyanga Amarasekare, an ecology and evolutionary biology professor who began at UCLA in 2005, was initially suspended in 2022 for a year without pay by then-Chancellor Gene Block.

A group of UCLA students placed third in an annual national economics competition hosted by the Federal Reserve on Nov. 21.
Nearly 140 teams from 36 states competed in the National College Fed Challenge and finals were held in Washington, D.C.