UCLA Health launched an institute Thursday that will work toward creating personalized treatments for patients. The Precision Health institute will work on genetic and genomic medicine initiatives, according to a letter by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, vice chancellor for health sciences John Mazziotta and David Geffen School of Medicine dean Kelsey Martin. Read more...
News, Science & Health
|
February 2, 11:41 pm
UCLA Health launches institute for personalized treatment
Campus, News
|
February 2, 11:40 pm
UCLA students protest against immigration ban, US-Mexico border wall
About 40 UCLA students and community members gathered in front of Kerckhoff Hall Thursday afternoon to protest recent actions by President Donald Trump. The United Arab Society, Muslim Student Association and Young Progressives Demanding Action at UCLA organized the “No Ban, No Wall // Rally and March” in response to Trump’s executive order barring Syrian refugees indefinitely and citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students gathered in front of Kerckhoff Hall on Thursday afternoon to speak out against President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and the border wall. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
News, UC
|
February 1, 11:09 pm
UC to terminate $450M in contracts with Wells Fargo
The University of California terminated a $25 million contract with Wells Fargo in November and will terminate another $450 million of contracts over the next two months. Read more...
Photo: The University of California announced it would pull out about $450 million in contracts and investments in Wells Fargo. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
|
February 1, 10:56 pm
Alum supports website helping Chinese students at UCLA pay tuition
Hundreds of Chinese UCLA students make their tuition payments through a website each quarter instead of directly to the school. Easy Transfer, the first tuition payment service in China, converts tuition payments from Chinese yuan to United States dollars and transfers them directly to the school’s accounting department, said Yuxing Liu, the company’s vice president of business development and a UCLA alumnus. Read more...
Photo: Easy Transfer, the first tuition payment service in China, converts tuition payments from Chinese yuan to U.S. dollars and transfers them directly to the school’s accounting department. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
News, Science & Health
|
February 1, 10:53 pm
UCLA environmental researchers concerned about future federal funding
UCLA environmental researchers are anxious about the future of federal funding for their research after President Donald Trump temporarily froze grants from a federal agency. The Trump administration lifted the executive order that temporarily suspended all funds from the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, but environmental scientists still have concerns about the future of their research. Read more...
Campus, News
|
February 1, 10:51 pm
Photo: BASH protests Piterberg with open-mic, singing event
Members of Bruins Against Sexual Harassment organized an open-mic and singing action in front of Young Research Library on Wednesday morning to protest Gabriel Piterberg, a history professor accused of sexually harassing two graduate students. Read more...
Photo: Members of Bruins Against Sexual Harassment participated in an open-mic session protesting against history professor Gabriel Piterberg. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
News
|
February 1, 10:44 pm
Vision Zero aims to drive down LA traffic deaths with street upgrades
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation released a plan last week for reducing traffic fatalities over the next eight years. The plan aims to reduce traffic fatalities by 20 percent this year by focusing on streets where the majority of traffic accidents happen, including Westwood Boulevard from Le Conte Avenue to Pico Boulevard and other streets in Westwood Village. Read more...