UCLA will receive $520 million for selling the rights to a prostate cancer medication that campus researchers helped create, officials announced Friday. The deal granted the royalty rights for Xtandi, a prostate cancer drug, to Royalty Pharma, a pharmaceutical investment company. Read more...
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March 4, 2:06 pm
UCLA to receive $520M for selling rights to cancer drug
Campus, News, Student Government, UC
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March 3, 11:43 pm
USAC office to offer students round-trip bus ride to UC Berkeley
Students can sign up to take a round-trip ride to UC Berkeley at the start of spring break for $100, through an undergraduate student government program. Read more...
Photo: (Creative Commons photo by John Morgan via Flickr)
News, UC
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March 3, 11:42 pm
Q&A: Professor’s study addresses ‘hidden poor,’ health care accessibility
A UCLA study published Feb. 29 found nearly one in four California residents over the age of 65 have incomes above the federal poverty line, but still do not have enough money to make ends meet. Read more...
Photo: Steven P. Wallace, a chair in the Fielding School of Public Health, has researched the hidden poor in California. (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)
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March 3, 11:40 pm
Alumnus’ trust fund donates $11.7M to Herb Alpert School of Music
A UCLA alumnus’ trust fund contributed $11.7 million to the Herb Alpert School of Music, officials announced Monday. David Dobrow, a UCLA pre-medicine alumnus who died in 2013, established a fund that aims to ensure the music school’s long-term financial security, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA alumnus’ trust fund contributed $11.7 million to the Herb Alpert School of Music. The David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund, created under the David Dobrow Trust, will donate almost $500,000 to the school every year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus
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March 3, 11:40 pm
School of Public Health dean retires after nearly a decade of service
The assistant dean of student affairs at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will retire after eight years of helping students navigate graduate school. David Clark said he is proud the number of students enrolled at the School of Public Health has doubled during his tenure. Read more...
Photo: David Clark, the assistant dean of student affairs at the Fielding School of Public Health, will retire after eight years of helping students in graduate school at UCLA. (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)
Crime, News, UC
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March 3, 4:06 pm
Faculty letter argues against return of professor involved in Title IX lawsuit
A group of history professors sent a letter to Chancellor Gene Block condemning UCLA’s decision to allow a tenured professor, who allegedly sexually harassed two graduate students, to continue teaching at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: About 40 students participated in a march Wednesday calling for UCLA officials to fire history professor Gabriel Piterberg. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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March 3, 12:54 am
ASU, MSA hold vigil for three black Sudanese Americans recently killed
About 50 students bowed their heads to honor three black Sudanese Americans who were shot and killed Feb. 24, as the sun set on Meyerhoff Park on Wednesday evening. Read more...
Photo: About 50 students attended a vigil to honor three black Sudanese Americans who were shot Feb. 24. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)