A UCLA professor of geography was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in April. Marilyn Raphael is a leading scientist in Antarctic climate and ocean atmospheric interactions around Antarctica, said Laura Landrum, a project scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Read more...
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June 10, 11:46 am
LA’s premier innovation conferences combine for inaugural LABEST Week
Bioscience and medical technology leaders convened at UCLA from May 19 to May 22, combining two of Los Angeles’s premier innovation conferences. The UCLA Technology Development Group united the UCLA MedTech Conference and LA Bioscience Ecosystem Summit for the inaugural LABEST Week with the hope of fostering collaboration across fields such as medical technology, therapeutics and artificial intelligence, according to a press release. Read more...
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June 8, 7:25 pm
General education task force seeks to revise program, make clusters mandatory
A task force is considering new ways to revamp UCLA’s general education program, including considering making cluster program participation mandatory for first-year students. The task force, which consists of professors across departments, was created to redesign current GE requirements and create a plan to implement the new changes. Read more...
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June 5, 7:31 pm
Academic Advancement Program to pause some programs, reduce staff amid budget cuts
This post was updated June 9 at 4:48 p.m. Mariah Strawder, a first-generation student, said she felt the weight of setting a good example for her younger brothers after her mother died. Read more...
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June 2, 10:25 pm
Professors express concerns about proposal for UC-wide semester switch
The UC is considering transitioning all its campuses to a common semester calendar – but some faculty members are concerned about costs, workload and a lack of staff input. Read more...
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June 2, 10:21 pm
UCLA Epicenter provides students with innovative industry experience
Raffi Simonian wanted to give students experience in solving real-world business and technology problems. That’s why he decided to lead the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges – hands-on projects where student teams try to solve real world issues in fields like data science, marketing, e-commerce and sales – said Simonian, the program’s director. Read more...
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May 29, 3:38 pm
UCLA researchers develop drug to counteract effects of Alzheimer’s disease, stroke
UCLA researchers have developed a drug that counteracts the impaired cognition caused by Alzheimer’s disease and reestablishes brain connections following strokes in mice. The team began searching around six years ago for a molecule that would induce gamma oscillations – natural brain waves that are involved in memory, said Varghese John, the director of the Drug Discovery Laboratory at UCLA. Read more...