This post was updated Feb. 22 at 10:33 p.m. Researchers in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science discovered a metallic material with nearly three times the thermal conductivity of copper, which could make some electronic devices – including AI chips – more effective. Read more...
Photo: Li (left) works with the lab’s spectroscopy setup as part of his experimentation work, and Su (right) assists with theoretical work. (Hannah Morgan/Daily Bruin senior staff)
When third-year data theory student Madeleine Curran declared UCLA’s gerontology minor, advisors warned her that the required classes were rarely available. After nearly two years in the program, Curran said the advisors were right. Read more...
Photo: The Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs is pictured. Many classes offered for the gerontology minor are housed here. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Third-year psychobiology student Misty Aldrin said she started Catalyst – a quarterly science newsletter – with two of her friends to guide undergraduate STEM students through industry and academia. Read more...
Photo: The team behind Catalyst is pictured at one of its socials. (Courtesy of Catalyst)
Khoa-Nathan Ngo is looking to pursue research, serve his community and make a national impact. Ngo, a fourth-year psychology student, won one of 10 National Institutes of Health undergraduate scholarships offered nationwide in the 2025-26 cycle. Read more...
Photo: Tubes are pictured in a research lab at UCLA. Khoa-Nathan Ngo, a fourth-year student and a psychology research student, won one of the 10 NIH undergraduate scholarships offered nationwide in the 2025-26 cycle. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)
Researchers celebrated the role of numerical data in scientific research at a Jan. 26 event at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. The Lange Symposium on Computational Statics and Biomedical Data Science – hosted by the UCLA Department of Computational Medicine and Human Genetics – invited six speakers from across the country to discuss their research. Read more...
Photo: The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, the site of the sixth annual Lange Symposium, is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Feb. 8 at 10:12 p.m. The Center for Accessible Education’s new student portal makes requesting accommodations more convenient, despite an initial learning curve, students said. Read more...
Photo: The Center for Accessible Education’s website introducing myCAE, its new student portal, is pictured. myCAE – which was implemented in early January – allows students to schedule appointments with their disability specialists and manage their accommodation requests. (Gabby Yang/Daily Bruin)
UCLA is generating a nearly $400 million annual structural budget deficit, according to a Jan. 29 Academic Senate preliminary report. The report – created by the Academic Senate’s Council on Planning and Budget – said data provided by UCLA administrators showed that the university is projected to run a combined $829.7 million deficit across the 2025 and 2026 fiscal years if it has not taken and does not take any corrective action. Read more...
Photo: The Academic Senate Council on Planning and Budget’s 14-page report on UCLA’s budget is pictured. The council found that UCLA is generating a nearly $400 million annual deficit. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
