Friday, May 1

Students launch club to gain support for biomedical ethics minor

During its first meeting, a new student club debated whether doctors have the right to conduct clinical trials on cancer patients, giving some patients a new drug and denying it to others. Read more...

Photo: Becky Barber, fourth-year neuroscience student and Jessica Kriksciun, fourth-year psychobiology student, co-founded Bioethics Brigades.


UCLA Foundation reaches settlement with former employee

A former UCLA employee reached an undisclosed settlement agreement with the UCLA Foundation Monday morning, the culmination of an eviction lawsuit brought forward by the university. Read more...

Photo: Roselle Kipp, a former UCLA employee, was recently evicted by the UCLA Foundation from a boarding house owned by the organization.




UCLA students inspired by panel on women in politics

Angela Yip used to second-guess herself when she discussed political and social issues, even though she was passionate about them. But after meeting female leaders in L.A. Read more...

Photo: On Friday, female political leaders in Los Angeles addressed UCLA students at a panel called “Women in Power.”



UCLA professor creates database to curb discrimination

A UCLA professor is creating the first national database to document incidents of racial profiling in an effort to decrease racial discrimination in law enforcement. Psychology Professor Phillip Goff, co-founder and president of the Center for Policing Equity, is currently spearheading the new project that will provide police with a way to record racial profiling incidents under a standardized national system. Read more...



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