This post was updated Jan. 29 at 10:11 p.m. The United States Department of Justice sought to join a lawsuit Wednesday that alleged UCLA’s medical school illegally considers race in its admissions. Read more...
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January 25, 12:00 pm
UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab combines social, life sciences to analyze jail deaths
Quincy Peters’ family friend was shot and killed by police in 2008. Fifteen years later, she began working at the UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab – where researchers analyze the autopsies of people who have died in jails or during encounters with law enforcement officers – with the hopes of making legislative change to the policing system. Read more...
Photo: Keel and the BCS lab are pictured with the book. (Courtesy of Terence Keel)
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January 22, 12:00 am
Q&A: Dr. Ritu Salani speaks on cervical cancer prevention, safe practices
January is cervical health awareness month. Dr. Ritu Salani, a gynecologic oncologist and professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA, sat down with Daily Bruin science and health contributor Nick Mouchawar to discuss cervical cancer awareness, prevention strategies and the importance of routine screening. Read more...
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January 21, 8:02 pm
UC Regents review systemwide, health clinical quality committee reports
This post was updated Jan. 21 at 11:34 p.m. The UC is making progress toward its goal of a 90% overall undergraduate graduation rate – but disparities in outcomes still exist for underrepresented students, according to an accountability report reviewed by the UC Board of Regents on Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: James Milliken, whose office creates the annual UC Accountability Report, is pictured. The UC is making progress toward its goal of a 90% overall undergraduate graduation rate – but disparities in outcomes still exist for underrepresented students, according to an accountability report reviewed by the UC Board of Regents on Tuesday. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
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January 20, 1:15 pm
Ozcan’s optical AI model offers energy-efficient generative AI alternative
Modern artificial intelligence models have an environmental impact, especially when it comes to image generation. But as demand for these models grows, UCLA engineering professor Aydogan Ozcan and his team have reimagined a way to generate AI images with less energy. Read more...
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January 17, 9:03 pm
Senate Bill 895 seeks to establish $23 billion research fund amid federal cuts
State senator Scott Wiener announced a bipartisan ballot measure intended to backfill research funding amid the Trump administration’s cuts in a press conference Friday. Senate Bill 895 – joint-authored by state senators Sasha Perez and Aisha Wahab – was first introduced to the state senate Thursday. Read more...
Photo: The California State Capitol is pictured. State senator Scott Wiener announced a bipartisan ballot measure intended to backfill research funding amid the Trump administration’s cuts in a press conference Friday. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
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January 14, 7:19 pm
UCLA health experts voice concern over CDC child vaccination guideline rollbacks
When Dr. Deborah Lehman did her medical training about 40 years ago, cases of bacterial meningitis were common, often sending patients to the hospital, leaving them neurologically impaired and, in severe cases, killing them. Read more...
Photo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pictured. (Courtesy of the White House/Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License)