Saturday, October 17

USAC election board chair ousted from position in unanimous vote

Student government leaders removed their main election coordinator Tuesday. Richard White served as the Undergraduate Students Association Council election board chair for four months. He was removed from his position at Tuesday’s council meeting by a unanimous council vote during executive session. Read more...

Photo: Richard White was removed as the Undergraduate Students Association Council election board chair Tuesday night during an executive session. White held the role for four months. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)





Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital awarded top nursing recognition in the country

The Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA received the highest honor for nursing in the country, according to a university press release. The Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital was designated as a Magnet organization by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Read more...

Photo: The Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, which is housed by the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, provides care in neuropsychiatric and behavioral health. It received the highest honor for nursing in the country. (Daily Bruin file photo)


New method in testing drug effectiveness shows promise in treating rare cancers

UCLA researchers developed a new method of testing the efficiency of different cancer treatments by growing tumors derived from patients’ cancer cells in labs. A team of undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral faculty in the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center published a paper showing the technique was effective in determining the right treatments for patients with rare forms of cancer in Communications Biology, a Nature Research journal, Feb. Read more...

Photo: (Clara Vamvulescu/Daily Bruin)


BruinCard functions to be suspended for a day due to system updates

Students will not be able to use several BruinCard functions later this month for one day due to system updates. The BruinCard service interruption will begin during spring break on March 25 at 5 a.m. Read more...

Photo: Students will not be able to use several BruinCard functions for one day during spring break this month due to system updates. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)