While a vial of insulin takes as little as $2 to manufacture, it can cost consumers $250 in the United States.
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, an international advocacy organization that has chapters at universities including UCLA, raised awareness about medication unaffordability during its annual North American conference at the Neuroscience Research Building from April 3 to 5.

This post was updated Feb. 26 at 11:20 p.m.
About 30 pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside of the Fowler Museum on Wednesday evening to protest a former Israeli politician’s campus lecture.

This post was updated Feb. 1 at 9:59 p.m.
Thousands of people blocked off streets and protested in Westwood on Sunday for Iranian regime change.
Protesters – who chanted “we want freedom” and “Trump, act now” – blocked off parts of Westwood Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard starting at about 12:45 p.m. 
The Islamic Republic, Iran’s incumbent government, has killed more than 6,000 people since protests broke out in the country in December amid an economic crisis, according to the United States-based Human Rights Activists News Agency.

The Congo Basin Institute Club at UCLA provides Bruins with the opportunity to support environmental research conducted by UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute – both on campus and in Cameroon.

This post was updated Jan. 25 at 9:38 p.m.
About 60 people attended a Thursday vigil honoring civilians killed amid the Iranian government’s crackdown on anti-regime protests.

This post was updated Jan. 15 at 9:57 p.m.
About 80 demonstrators marched across campus Wednesday to call for regime change and freedom in Iran.
The rally, which began at around 12:20 p.m.

This post was updated Jan. 12 at 4:08 p.m.
A U-Haul truck drove into a crowd of people protesting for regime change in Iran outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood at about 3:30 p.m.