Saturday, February 14

UCLA plans to consolidate some campus services to cut costs, increase ‘efficiency’

This post was updated September 7 at 8:14 p.m. UCLA plans to consolidate campus human resources, finance, communications, marketing, event planning and academic personnel services to cut costs, according to internal documents acquired by the Daily Bruin. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s “One IT” website is pictured. Two vice chancellors announced that the university will “streamline” services distributed across multiple campus units in line with Goal 5 of its Strategic Plan. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)



This federal-research-backed device saved her life. Amid grant cuts, she’s worried

This post was updated Aug. 31 at 10:05 p.m. Erin Morrow began experiencing shortness of breath and chest pain at 20 years old. Morrow, who is now a doctoral student in psychology at UCLA, said she consulted several doctors as an undergraduate student at Emory University before being diagnosed with a third-degree atrioventricular block – a heart rhythm disorder where the organ’s upper and lower chambers do not properly send signals to each other. Read more...

Photo: Erin Morrow, a doctoral student in psychology at UCLA, holds a newspaper. Morrow said federally funded research saved her life after she was diagnosed with a third-degree atrioventricular block. (Courtesy of Erin Morrow)


David Geffen School of Medicine under investigation for antisemitism claims

This post was updated Aug. 31 at 9:52 p.m. The chairman of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce announced Monday that it is investigating the David Geffen School of Medicine over antisemitism claims.  In a letter addressed to Steven Dubinett, the school’s dean, chairman Tim Walberg – a Michigan Republican – said the committee has been made aware of reports that Jewish students at the medical school experienced “hostility and fear at the hands of peers, colleagues, and administrators” and that their concerns were not addressed by the university.  He added in the letter that the committee is looking into if UCLA violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits “any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance” from discrimination based on race, color or national origin, according to the U.S. Read more...

Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine is pictured. A U.S. House of Representatives committee announced Monday that it is investigating the medical school for alleged antisemitism. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Students push for reproductive, education bills at IGNITE the Capitol California

Shaylyn Becton believes community college should have no barriers. That’s why she advocated for California Assembly Bill 1035 – a bill that would waive fees for community college students – as a California fellow for IGNITE, a civic engagement organization for women that holds an annual state-level advocacy conference, IGNITE the Capitol California. Read more...

Photo: (Helen Juwon Park/Illustrations director)


Q&A: Dr. Paul Lukac discusses new role as chief AI officer at UCLA Health, future of AI

Dr. Paul Lukac, the inaugural chief artificial intelligence officer at UCLA Health, sat down with Daily Bruin science and health editor Shaun Thomas to discuss how UCLA Health is leveraging AI to improve scheduling and organization and how it is preparing its workforce for an increasingly digital future. Read more...

Photo: Dr. Lukac, the inaugural chief artificial intelligence officer at UCLA Health, is pictured. (Courtesy of Paul Lukac)




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