Monday, June 16

Vaccines or ivermectin?: Students navigate disinformation dialogues in Fiat Lux 19

“Climate change is a hoax.” “The earth is flat.” “Vaccines have microchips in them.” These beliefs persist despite having been widely rejected by scientists. During the COVID-19 pandemic, some conservative politicians promoted the use of the drug ivermectin, which is used to kill parasites, as a cure for the virus – even though the United States Food and Drug Administration did not authorize its use and the National Institutes of Health explicitly advised against it. Read more...

Photo: (Yliah Stuart-Serrano/Daily Bruin)



Chemical Engineering 19 teaches science communication via Wikipedia contribution

This post was updated May 28 at 5:22 p.m. The next time a person searches the internet to research native plants or local dialects, they may encounter Wikipedia articles edited by UCLA students. Read more...

Photo: A person opens a Wikipedia article about DNA on a laptop screen. A Fiat Lux seminar being offered this quarter is teaching students how to edit and create articles on Wikipedia. (Michael Gallagher/Daily Bruin)


Studies reveal inequalities among teachers of color in California schools

This post was updated May 27 at 8:57 p.m. California is a long way from achieving racial equity for teachers, according to two recent studies conducted by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Education & Information Studies is pictured. The Civil Rights Project, an institute within the school, recently published two studies regarding racial equity for teachers in California. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff)


Ted Lieu announces $1 million to fund UCLA Quantum Information Science Hub

Rep. Ted Lieu announced the allocation of nearly $1 million to create a Quantum Information Science Hub at UCLA after President Joe Biden signed the funding into law in March. Read more...

Photo: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is pictured. Rep. Ted Lieu recently acquired nearly $1 million to create a Quantum Information Science Hub at UCLA. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin)


UC Board of Regents debates controversial Thirty Meter Telescope at May meeting

This post was updated at 1:43 p.m. MERCED – The UC Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee argued about how development of the Thirty Meter Telescope would affect the Indigenous people of Hawaii during a meeting about UC-affiliated astronomy Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Regent Greg Sarris (third from left) discusses the Thirty Meter Telescope at the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. Sarris, a member of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, likened the construction of the telescope in Hawaii to Spanish colonization of California. (Sam Mulick/Daily Bruin)


UC Regents tables discussion on Item J1 to future meeting

This post was updated May 17 at 12:21 a.m. MERCED – The UC Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee deferred a proposal to limit University faculty from making political statements on departmental website homepages. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee voted Thursday to delay discussion on Item J1 – which would have restricted political statements on University departmental website homepages – until a future meeting. (Sam Mulick/Daily Bruin)



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