Nineteen UCLA students spent the summer providing free medical care and medication supplies to residents in Quito, Ecuador, as part of a global health service trip. Read more...
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September 9, 9:38 pm
UCPD received notice of suspected child sex abuse years before childcare teacher’s arrest
This post was updated Sept. 10 at 7:58 a.m. A 4-year-old student at a UCLA childcare center was reported to child protective services for exhibiting symptoms of sexual abuse in May 2018. Read more...
Photo: University Village center, a UCLA childcare center located near the University Village apartments, is pictured. A 4-year-old student at University Village was reported to child protective services for exhibiting symptoms of sexual abuse in May 2018. The student’s teacher was arrested for a separate case of child sexual abuse nearly six years later. (Kai Dizon/Assistant Photo editor)
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September 5, 9:41 am
UCLA launches digital humanities major, establishes standalone department
This post was updated Sept. 6 at 9:14 p.m. UCLA will launch a new digital humanities major this fall, integrating the study of society with technology. Read more...
Photo: (Nicholas Mouchawar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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August 30, 11:25 pm
UCLA researchers help create pendant for early Alzheimer’s, dementia detection
UCLA researchers are partnering with a biotech company to test a wearable pendant that could detect early signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia. Researchers from the UCLA Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology will conduct a year-long joint study with biotech company BioSensics. Read more...
Photo: Bijan Najafi, a principal investigator on the grant and a professor of surgery, is featured. Najafi and other researchers are working with biotech company BioSensics to create a device that simultaneously tracks movement and speech and may help doctors diagnose dementia patients early on. (Courtesy of Bijan Najafi)
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August 26, 5:16 pm
ASUCLA locations implement fee for single-use food containers to encourage sustainability
This post was updated Aug. 30 at 11:33 p.m. Several ASUCLA locations implemented a $1 fee for single-use food containers in June to encourage the use of reusable food containers. Read more...
Photo: A sign announcing the $1 single-use fee is pictured. Several ASUCLA locations implemented the fee to encourage the use of reusable food containers. (Amelia Chief/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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August 20, 9:53 pm
Design media arts department draws up 3 new degrees to overwrite original
This post was updated Aug. 23 at 6:18 p.m. UCLA’s current design media arts major will be split into three new majors starting fall 2027. The department will offer separate design, games and computational art majors, said Eddo Stern, a design media arts professor. Read more...
Photo: A game controller and a laptop showing Figma and Adobe is pictured. The design media arts major will broken into separate design, games and computational art majors starting fall 2027. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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August 17, 2:00 pm
UCLA researcher awarded $250,000 grant to increase AI accessibility
This post was updated Sept. 4 at 3:01 p.m. A UCLA researcher received a new Amazon computing grant to make multilingual artificial intelligence more accessible. Saadia Gabriel, an assistant professor of computer science, was awarded $250,000 of compute credits – which provide processing time, memory and storage on online computer hardware – through Amazon’s Build on Trainium grant. Read more...
Photo: Saadia Gabriel, a grant recipient and assistant professor of computer science, is featured. Gabriel’s research aims to improve AI tools for millions of users in Africa. (Courtesy of Saadia Gabriel)