This post was updated Feb. 4 at 4:29 p.m. A large tree fell on De Neve Drive just in front of Holly and Gardenia residential buildings Monday evening. Read more...
Photo: A large tree obstructs De Neve Drive as first responders attempted to clear it. The tree fell by Holly and Gardenia residential buildings Monday evening. (Courtesy of Shruti Iyer/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 3 at 10:29 a.m. A new form of immunotherapy may be effective in combating skin cancer, according to a UCLA-led study. Read more...
Photo: Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center may have discovered a safer immunotherapy treatment for melanoma, a skin cancer. The treatment uses NKTR-214 instead of the potentially harmful interleukin-2, which scientists hope will be more effective in treating cancer. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Members of the Graduate Student Resource Center held a presentation Jan. 30 raising awareness of underutilized campus resources across financial, career and discrimination services as First-Generation Awareness Week came to a close. Read more...
Photo: Letty Treviño, a first-generation consultant on the programming committee for the Graduate Student Resource Center, led a student resources workshop Thursday, at the end of First-Generation Awareness Week. (Marilyn Chavez-Martinez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A foundation has gifted $18 million to UCLA Health to expand an integrative patient-care program, according to a university press release Thursday. The Simms/Mann Family Foundation’s donation will expand the Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology which focuses on psychosocial care intended for cancer patients and their families in California. Read more...
Photo: The Simms/Mann Family Foundation donated $18 million to UCLA Health to expand the Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology. Victoria Mann Simms and Ronald Simms have previously donated to programs that work to advance integrative medicine and provide care to cancer patients. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Feb. 3 at 9:44 a.m. UCLA is phasing out the use of ozone-depleting substances, in accordance with an update in federal regulations. Read more...
Photo: On Jan. 1, the Environmental Protect Agency halted the production and import of new reserves of R-22, an ozone-depleting refrigerant commonly referred to as freon. UCLA is phasing out the use of this substance in accordance to these guidelines. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Feb. 8 at 2:07 p.m. UCLA is considering implementing facial recognition software to the campus’ security camera system, prompting concern from students. Read more...
Photo: Approximately 200 students attended a town hall Wednesday in regards to a UCLA draft policy that would implement facial recognition software to the campus’ security camera system. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 30 at 1:52 p.m. Hazing killed Lianne Kowiak’s son in college. She says stopping hazing is everyone’s responsibility. Roughly 250 people attended a speech by Kowiak, an anti-hazing advocate, at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion Club on Tuesday night. Read more...
Photo: Lianne Kowiak’s son died as a result of hazing in 2008. She now travels to high schools and colleges across the country telling his story and advocating for stricter anti-hazing laws. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin)
