This post was updated April 4 at 1:10 a.m. The David Geffen School of Medicine handed out awards March 14 to celebrate student and staff organizations who have demonstrated a commitment to the medical school’s mission. Read more...
Photo: The Cultural North Star recognizes people working together to help transform the community at the David Geffen School of Medicine, awarding $5,000 to the recognized organizations for them to use at their discretion. (Courtesy of Todd Cheney)
This post was updated April 1 at 11:10 p.m. Dr. Anjay Rastogi, the clinical chief of nephrology and director of the Clinical excellence, Outreach, Research and Education Kidney Health Program for UCLA Health, sat down with science and health contributor Tia Ketsan to discuss kidney disease awareness. Read more...
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The UC Board of Regents Health Services Committee discussed increasing premiums for the UC Student Health Insurance Plan during its March 18 meeting. The board held its bimonthly meeting from March 18 to Thursday at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: UC San Francisco Chancellor Sam Hawgood sits in the UC Board of Regents health committee meeting. The committee discussed increasing premiums for the UC Student Health Insurance Plan. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA Brain Research Institute hosted the annual Southern California Learning and Memory Symposium on March 3. Participants and attendees gathered in the Neuroscience Research Building for a day of collaboration and education centered on neuroplasticity. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s Brain Research Institute hosted the 2025 Southern California Learning and Memory Symposium on March 3 at the Neuroscience Research Building. (Vanessa Man/Daily Bruin)
Melanin and Medicine began in 2019 as a way for Black students at UCLA pursuing health care careers to support each other. But the club quickly expanded its mission – evolving into a nonprofit organization with the mission of supporting Black pre-health students and the greater Los Angeles community, said Laila Harris, the group’s chair of cardiology and assistant project service director. Read more...
Photo: The board of Melanin and Medicine at UCLA is pictured. The organization, founded in 2019, aims to support Black pre-health students and the greater Los Angeles community. (Courtesy of Laila Harris)
A panel of legal experts warned that recent federal executive orders threaten reproductive and gender rights during a UCLA School of Law event March 6. The panel – hosted by the UCLA Law Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, in partnership with Yale Law School’s Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice and Temple University Beasley School of Law – discussed issues in the growing fight for gender and reproductive justice under the new Trump administration. Read more...
Photo: Speakers discuss reproductive justice during March 6 event at the UCLA School of Law. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Students and researchers gathered at the Terasaki Life Sciences Building to attend a wild animal welfare science seminar March 7. Researchers presented animal welfare case studies, challenges in measuring welfare and future directions for the field at the event. Read more...
Photo: Viewers watch a presentation at the Terasaki Life Sciences Building. Researchers presented animal welfare case studies, challenges in measuring welfare and future directions for the field at the “What is Wild Animal Welfare?” event. (Annika Anbiai-Fard/Daily Bruin)
