This post was updated Oct. 4 at 12:37 p.m. A UCLA alumnus and a UCSF professor were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday. Read more...
Photo: Ardem Patapoutian, a molecular biologist and UCLA alumnus, won the 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday, alongside UCSF professor David Julius. (Courtesy of Scripps Research)
UCLA researchers have engineered a new material that can create robots more similar to living organisms. In a study published June 17, researchers from the He Lab at UCLA developed a material that could shape the future of soft robotics. Read more...
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The Environmental Protection Agency awarded the University of California with a 2021 Green Power Leadership Award on Tuesday for its efforts to accelerate the transition to clean energy. Read more...
Photo: The University of California was awarded a 2021 Green Power Leadership Award by the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday for the UC’s work transitioning to clean energy. However, a student government official said UCLA should do more to support sustainability efforts on campus. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA has been facing a shortage of blood donors throughout the pandemic who could help those with sickle cell disease. The UCLA Blood and Platelet Center continues to face a critical blood shortage, said Thomas King, the campus liaison for the blood center. Read more...
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This post was updated Sept. 30 at 5:37 p.m. UCLA administrators gave updates and answered questions about UCLA policy on COVID-19 testing, booster shots, quarantine protocol, remote learning and other campus services for the fall quarter at a town hall for students Thursday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA administrators provided updates on COVID-19 safety guidelines for fall quarter at a student town hall Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A second court motion to dismiss a sexual assault indictment against former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps was denied Sept. 17. Heaps, a former David Geffen School of Medicine faculty member and OB-GYN at UCLA Health, was indicted in late May by a grand jury on 21 counts of felony sexual assault. Read more...
Photo: A state judge declined to dismiss former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps’ sexual assault indictment in a court hearing Sept. 17. (Courtesy of Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
This post was updated Sept. 27 at 12:41 a.m. UCLA announced Aug. 31 that it will no longer require mandatory weekly testing for vaccinated students, despite the rise in positive COVID-19 cases from vaccinated individuals. Read more...
Photo: UCLA no longer mandates weekly testing for vaccinated students, causing concern as the number of positive cases increases among vaccinated people. (Michael Vigman/Daily Bruin)
