This post was updated Jan. 30 at 9:46 p.m. Problem solving was in full swing during the Association for Computing Machinery at UCLA’s inclusivity-focused coding event Jan. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Association of Computed Machinery at UCLA and other students are pictured at an event. Members of the ACM chapter at UCLA organized the “Break the Binary” event and solved challenges, including ones that were Spider-Man-themed. (Courtesy of Jafarri Nocentelli)
This post was updated Jan. 28 at 10:58 p.m. When Dr. Irene Chen wraps up her day teaching courses and leading research, her work isn’t finished – she then heads back to the Hill, where she is an Olympic Hall faculty in residence. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Irene Chen, pictured, serves as a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a faculty in residence for Olympic Hall. (Isabella Appell/Daily Bruin)
The Society of Women Engineers at UCLA hosted a donation drive for victims of the Los Angeles wildfires Thursday. Members of the club created donation kits at the event for children affected by fires across LA County, which have burned over 47,000 acres since Jan. Read more...
Photo: Some of the event attendees at the Society of Women Engineers at UCLA donation drive work with activities that represent scientific experiments. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 26 at 11:20 p.m. Vickie Mays is no stranger to disaster, having provided support to the New Orleans community following Hurricane Katrina. Read more...
Photo: The Palisades fire is pictured. Fires began in Los Angeles on Jan. 7 and have spread over 50,000 acres, according to the California Department of Fires and Forestry Website. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan 22 at 10:51 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO – A UC Board of Regents committee recommended creating three UCLA health care facilities within a newly acquired building. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents financial and capital strategies committee met at UC San Francisco on Wednesday. The committee unanimously voted to recommend creating three UCLA health care facilities within a newly acquired building near the Los Angeles International Airport. (Vivian Stein/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 20 at 11:28 p.m. UCLA advised campus researchers to begin scaling down activities Jan. 12, citing the threat of the Los Angeles County fires. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, which houses the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, is pictured. Many researchers who work in this building had to adjust their lab operations because of the Los Angeles County fires. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 20 at 11:35 p.m. Dr. Utibe Essien, an assistant professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, sat down with science and health editor Shaun Thomas to discuss his journey into medicine, historical influences on health care and his involvement in leading disparity research. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Utibe Essien is pictured. Essien was chosen as one of 10 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine by the National Academy of Medicine this past September. (Courtesy of Kaela Speicher)
