UCLA In the News lists selected mentions of UCLA in the world’s news media. See more UCLA In the News.

Mueller report’s impact continues to ripple | KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk”

“My hope is that the entire conversation can get reoriented toward the thing that is really going to come up fast, which is the 2020 election and the integrity of that process,” said UCLA’s Lynn Vavreck (approx. 3:38 mark.)

New York OKs congestion pricing. Will other cities follow? | New York Times

“It really does help to be able to point to some peer city and say ‘They’re doing this and it’s working,’” said Michael Manville, an associate professor of urban planning at The University of California, Los Angeles, who has advised Los Angeles on congestion pricing. “At the very least, it changes the conversation in other cities.”

Treating the weekend like a vacation makes Monday easier | Inc.

No, a “workation” doesn’t count. Until you can start taking real vacations, a 2019 study at UCLA Anderson found that treating your weekend like a vacation can provide similar benefits as a “real vacation.” Just don’t go so crazy that you don’t want to come back to work on Monday.

Local high schoolers learn of acceptance to UCLA together | KABC-TV

It’s hard enough just trying to get accepted at a top-tier university like UCLA. But when you’re trying to gain acceptance along with your two best friends, it’s even more difficult. “UCLA is an amazing school,” said student Hector De Leon, 17. “After you really think about it, and the majors, and the amazing area, it really grows on you.”

Study examines exercise’s role in fighting neurological disease | KABC-TV

Studies have indicated that walking, strength training and other workouts improve the structure of brain cells, but researcher Dr. Sarah McEwen [of UCLA] says you can increase cell plasticity or staying power better when dual tasking. “When you do exercise you grow new neurons within the hippocampus which is our memory center. However those neurons will quickly die off in the absence of a cognitive stimulation environment.”

Profiling presidential candidate Julián Castro | Guardian (U.K.)

Electricity was in the air last month when Castro spoke to 450 mainly Latino students at UCLA. The political scientist Matt Barreto [of UCLA], the cofounder of the polling firm Latino Decisions who organized the event, was struck by how fired-up the audience became. “It suggested to me there’s an opportunity here for Castro to make the same appeal with Latinos that Obama did with African Americans,” he said.

CAP UCLA presents ‘The White Album’ | KCRW-FM’s “Design and Architecture”

The White Album is a multimedia performance inspired by Joan Didion’s seminal essay of the same name. … This genre-defying new work takes place live at the Freud Playhouse at UCLA.

Why is cancer more common in men? | The Scientist

Work such as Rubin’s illustrates the role of cell-intrinsic differences between the sexes that can contribute to cancer’s male bias, says Art Arnold, a University of California, Los Angeles, physiologist who has pioneered the study of the genetic and hormonal underpinnings of sex differences in biology. Arnold acknowledges the roles played by more widely recognized sources of sex variation, namely, differences in environmental exposures and hormone levels.

Trump’s cuts to foreign aid could intensify migration crisis | Pacific Standard

“Pay attention folks. This is an INTENTIONAL act to drive MORE asylum seekers to the US border to help [Trump] maintain his crisis. It’s ugly, devastating in impact, and bad policy,” Gary Segura, an expert in polling and public opinion, tweeted on Saturday. (The dean of the University of California–Los Angeles’ Luskin School of Public Affairs, Segura has directed polling and research on American public opinion for over 18 years.)

9 health benefits of gardening | Eating Well

Grow a garden, grow your brain. That’s what researchers at UCLA and the University of Pittsburgh found in a 2016 study of nearly 900 older adults. Looking at questionnaires and MRI scans from the 30-year Cardiovascular Health Study, the scientists found that doing more physical activities like gardening, dancing and riding an exercise bike actually upped brain volume in several areas — including the hippocampus, the part that controls memory.

Hammer Museum holds talk on sexual violence and black women | Los Angeles Wave

Kimberlé Crenshaw, a law professor at UCLA, started a discussion entitled “Black Women and the MeToo Movement” at the Hammer Museum March 26 by saying: “This conversation about the sexual violence and assaults against black women is long overdue.” “Bell Hooks and Alice Walker talked about gender-based violence,” Crenshaw said. “Before that, Anita Hill testified in Congress against the [sexual harassment] perpetuated by Clarence Thomas.”