This post was updated April 2 at 10:06 p.m. Dr. Julio Meza lost two family members to addiction-related illnesses when he was a child. Now, as a UCLA Health physician, he leads a program providing doctors with addiction-specific training. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Gonda building, which houses the Brain Research Institute that hosts the UCLA Integrative Center for Addictive Disorders, is pictured. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
Science advocates and UCLA Faculty Association members called on Californians to support a bill that would put scientific research funding on the 2026 ballot at a Saturday protest in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: Dave Farina, a science educator with 4.2 million YouTube subscribers and known for his channel “Professor Dave Explains,” gives a speech criticizing what he called a growing anti-science sentiment from the federal government. (Nicholas Mouchawar/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 11 at 10:02 p.m. Teaching assistants in the UCLA Cluster Program said discussion section size increases stemming from budgetary issues have left them stretched thin. Read more...
This post was updated March 12 at 1:32 p.m. Danny Martinez worked administrative roles at California State University, Long Beach and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona for several years. Read more...
Photo: Danny Martinez, a sports psychologist at UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services and UCLA Athletics, stands outside the CAPS office. CAPS – located in the John Wooden Center – provides mental health services to undergraduate and graduate students. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin staff)
Students gathered on Feb. 27 to watch campus cultural groups perform at an event hosted by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Student Wellness Commission. Student Wellness Commissioner Hannah Yip hosted “Joy as Resistance” – a cultural showcase highlighting music and dance from cultural student organizations – in Carnesale Commons from 5 to 7 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Jade Lotus Lion Dance at UCLA does a traditional lion dance performance as part of SWC’s Joy as Resistance event, a cultural showcase highlighting music and dance from cultural student organizations. (Nicholas Mouchawar/Daily Bruin)
Law professor Alex Wang credited China for its advancements in green technology but criticized its shortcomings in ecological protection at a book talk Wednesday. The talk was divided between Wang’s explanation of his book titled “Chinese Global Environmentalism” and a conversation between him and Mary Nichols, the former chair of the California Air Resources Board. Read more...
Photo: The event was organized by the UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment and took place at the UCLA School of Law, which is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 8 at 9:55 p.m. Most UCLA students dread taking 8 a.m. lectures – the earliest courses UCLA offers. But by 7:30 a.m., John Cluff – the manager of the Mildred E. Read more...
Photo: Victoria Sork, the director of the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, smiles. Staff members at the garden work to keep its 7.5 acres clean and safe. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
