This post was updated Oct. 19 at 11:48 p.m. Former policymakers and political analysts gathered Tuesday to discuss bipartisanship in the United States’ polarized political climate. Read more...
Photo: Former congressman David Dreier (left), former congresswoman Jane Harman (center) and UCLA lecturer Jim Newton (right)speak at a Luskin School of Public Affairs event Tuesday. (Courtesy of UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs/Michael Troxell)
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Chris Mattmann, the chief data and artificial intelligence officer at UCLA, sat down with science and health editor Shaun Thomas to discuss AI in cybersecurity, cyberthreats and deepfakes. Read more...
Photo: Kerckhoff Hall is pictured. DTS is located on campus at Kerckhoff Hall. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Oct. 14 at 11:51 p.m. The Trump administration’s rollback of rights for transgender people has resulted in pushback among advocates across the UC. Read more...
Photo: A sticker with the transgender flag and several pins with the trans flag and sets of pronouns are pictured. The Trump administration’s rollback of rights for transgender people has incited pushback among advocates across the UC. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Oct. 14 at 11:30 p.m. A judge ruled Tuesday that the UC Board of Regents must publicize the Trump administration’s proposed settlement demands to UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Janss Steps are pictured. A judge ruled Tuesday that the UC Board of Regents must publicize the Trump administration’s proposed settlement demands to UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Oct. 12 at 9:22 p.m. UCLA experts and medical professionals warned that unproven claims made by the White House linking the use of Tylenol during pregnancy to the development of autism promotes misinformation. Read more...
Photo: Acetaminophen, an over-the-counter pain reliever commercially known as Tylenol, is pictured. Many UCLA experts and medical professionals warned that unproven claims made by the White House linking the use of Tylenol during pregnancy to the development of autism promotes misinformation. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 8 at 1:05 a.m. UCLA professors expressed support for state laws limiting the amount of authority immigration enforcement officers can have and questioned the legality of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. Read more...
Photo: Gov. Gavin Newsom is pictured. UCLA professors expressed support for state laws limiting the amount of authority immigration enforcement officers can have and questioned the legality of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Fred Ramsdell became the ninth UCLA alumnus to receive the Nobel Prize Monday. Ramsdell, who earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology from UCLA in 1987, received the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine alongside Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi – who hail from the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Washington, and Osaka University in Japan – for discoveries related to immune regulation. The trio helped uncover how the gene Foxp3 directs the development of regulatory T cells – specialized immune cells that prevent the body from becoming overactive and attacking its own tissues, according to the scientific journal Nature. Read more...
Photo: The Molecular Sciences building, which houses the department of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, is pictured. Fred Ramsdell, who earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology from UCLA, received the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for his work related to immunology. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
