The Daily Telegraph (U.K.) reported Thursday on a study by Lisa Flook, a researcher with the Mindful Awareness Research Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, that found that teenagers who experienced frequent fights and stress at home tended to perform poorly in school. Flook was quoted.

 

David Heber, director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, was interviewed Thursday on National Public Radio’s “Day to Day” about how restaurants are dealing with rising food costs.

 

HealthDay News reported Thursday on research by Dr. William Aronson, professor of urology and a researcher at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, on the link between reduced dietary fat intake and a lower risk of prostate cancer in mice.

 

United Press International reported Thursday on recent UCLA research that found evidence of the brain plaques and tangles characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain of a deceased chimpanzee. Daniel Geschwind, UCLA professor of neurology and psychiatry; Giovanni Coppola, UCLA assistant adjunct professor of neurology; and Jeremy Davis-Turak, UCLA senior research associate in neurology, were involved in the research, along with scientists at Emory University.

 

Today’s Los Angeles Times highlights UCLA’s UniCamp, a program that offers low-income Los Angeles children a free week of camp in the San Bernardino Mountains and encourages them to attend college in the future.

 

 

Gates, a senior fellow at the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, is quoted today in a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article about how California’s lifting of a ban on same-sex marriage will affect other states.

 

Goldberg, professor of law and faculty chair of the UCLA Native Nations Law and Policy Center, is quoted today in an Associated Press article about a meeting between law enforcement officials and residents of the Soboba Indian Reservation in Riverside County following the recent shootings of several tribal members by sheriff’s deputies.

 

Lavarreda, a senior research associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about health insurance for young adults.

 

Sears, a lecturer at the UCLA School of Law and executive director of the school's Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about Thursday’s California Supreme Court ruling striking down a state ban on same-sex marriages.

 

Sims, director of the UCLA Career Center, is quoted today in a Chronicle of Higher Education article about the role of university career centers in helping graduates find jobs.