This post was updated Oct. 22 at 11:24 p.m. UCLA student organizations are encouraging political participation as the 2026 midterm elections approach. Los Angeles residents will vote in multiple races – including governor, attorney general and mayor – Nov. Read more...
Photo: A mail-in ballot is pictured. UCLA student organizations are promoting participation in the political process ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. (Kai Dizon/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Oct. 20 at 5:11 p.m. A UCLA-affiliated research institute plans to revolutionize the liver transplant process by using up to a $19.8 million grant to create functional organs from cells. Read more...
Photo: The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation is leading Prometheus, a new project with researchers from UCLA, Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University and other institutions to address a critical shortage of donor organs. (Courtesy of Angelica Cuanenem)
This post was updated Oct. 18 at 11:09 p.m. All public undergraduate college students in California now automatically pass the first barrier to applying to CalFresh, giving more than 200,000 additional students access to the food assistance program. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s Community Programs Office is pictured. All public undergraduate college students in California now clear the first barrier to applying for CalFresh. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Oct. 16 at 8:19 p.m. A growing number of Californians are experiencing extreme heat and other climate-related events, according to UCLA’s annual California Health Interview Survey released Thursday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA campus during the 2025 Los Angeles fires is pictured. A growing number of Californians are experiencing extreme heat and other climate change-related events, an annual survey found. (Max Davis-Housefield/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a student-conceptualized bill into law Sept. 28 to raise awareness about lung cancer screenings across the state. Senate Bill 1124, conceptualized by members of UCLA’s American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative chapter, requires tobacco retailers to display signs with information about lung cancer screening. Read more...
Photo: Students from UCLA’s American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative chapter championed a bill that requires tobacco retailers to display signs with information about lung cancer screening. (Courtesy of Jeffrey Velotta)
This post was updated Oct. 11 at 10:22 p.m. Hundreds of first-year UCLA students were infants when California voters approved the state’s first high-speed rail in November 2008. Read more...
Photo: (Britany Andres/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Oct. 11 at 10:16 a.m. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order to expand third-party oversight of artificial intelligence could effectively regulate emerging technologies, UCLA experts said. Read more...
Photo: (Evanceline Tang/Daily Bruin staff)
