Undergraduate and graduate students aimed to create a community through sharing Asian American and Pacific Islander-related research and creative projects at a University of California systemwide colloquium Friday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students hosted the first-ever UC Asian American Studies Research Colloquium on Friday. (Courtesy of Caroline Sha)
This post was updated May 14 at 8:02 p.m. As vaccine eligibility increases, the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly coming to a close. Many healthcare workers who have been on the frontlines for more than a year are leaving the pandemic equipped with newfound lessons and knowledge. Read more...
Photo: (Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)
This post was updated May 14 at 7:20 p.m. UCLA students are working with Los Angeles County on the LA Green Zones Program to improve the health of residents impacted by pollution. Read more...
Photo: The LA Green Zones initiative hopes to help those disproportionately impacted by pollution. (Ashley Shue-Lih Ko/Daily Bruin)
According to a recent UCLA study, drug overdose-related deaths have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 9,000 people in the United States died from drug overdoses in May 2020 – approximately 58% more than the number a year earlier, according to the study that was released April 15. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers found that deaths from drug overdoses spiked during the pandemic. (Michael Vigman/Daily Bruin)
Los Angeles County announced Wednesday that COVID-19 vaccine eligibility will extend to include children ages 12 to 15, and eligible children may be able to get vaccinated as early as Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles County announced Wednesday that it is expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to include children ages 12 to 15. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
Two UCLA students called into the International Space Station on Friday to interview Megan McArthur, a UCLA alumna and NASA astronaut, about her current mission and life in space. Read more...
Photo: Megan McArthur, a NASA astronaut and UCLA alumna, spoke from the International Space Station to two UCLA students Friday. (Screen capture by Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers launched a virtual reality app in April to make learning organic chemistry more engaging for undergraduate students. Introductory organic chemistry courses focus on chemical structures. Read more...
Photo: Organic chemistry can be challenging for students to learn at first. A team of UCLA researchers hopes to change that with their new app that can visualize molecules using virtual reality. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
