Monday, April 27

At Bruin Day, admitted students celebrate, recount their paths to acceptance

This post was updated April 14 at 11 p.m. Aliza Pinon will soon be the first in her family to attend a four-year university. Pinon, an admitted student from California’s Central Valley, was accepted to UCLA this spring – an accomplishment that she said was meaningful, coming from a high school with limited resources. Read more...

Photo: Bruin Day attendees explore UCLA’s academic programs in front of Royce Hall. Bruin Day, held Saturday, provided hundreds of admitted students with opportunities to attend tours and information sessions. (Bettina Wu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA Community School program expands educational resources, access for students

This post was updated April 12 at 9:57 p.m.  When Brenda Benitez Alcantara transferred to the Robert F. Kennedy UCLA Community School, she was surprised to encounter a dual-language program that encouraged teaching in both Spanish and English. Read more...

Photo: Moore Hall, where the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies is located, is pictured. The university partners with the RFK UCLA Community School, which serves about 900 students ranging from kindergartners to 12th graders, in Koreatown. It also works with Horace Mann UCLA Community School, which serves 440 students from 6th to 12th grade in South LA. (Yejee Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA symposium urges lawmakers to promote renewable energy for affordability

This post was updated April 11 at 5:33 p.m. Speakers at an April 3 UCLA symposium called on California lawmakers to promote affordability by investing more in renewable energy. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Law, which hosted the event that discussed the impacts of sustainability policies on affordability and featured policymakers and environmental advocates, is pictured. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Nack Behavioral Health provides extensive mental health services to UCLA students

For students who need mental health support, UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services partners with Nack Behavioral Health – an outpatient program located in Westwood that caters specifically to college students. Read more...

Photo: Nack Behavioral Health, an intensive outpatient program partnered with UCLA CAPS, specializes in treating UCLA undergraduate and graduate students with primary mental health disorders – conditions that affect mood, thinking and behavior as well as hinder daily functioning. (Courtesy of Nack)


Q&A: Dr. Gail Wyatt reflects on career, advocacy after receiving humanitarian award

Gail Wyatt, a distinguished professor emeritus of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, received the Association of Black Women Physicians’ Humanitarian Award in October. Read more...

Photo: Gail Wyatt, who received the Association of Black Women Physicians’ Humanitarian Award in October, is a distinguished professor emeritus of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine, which is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Some UC language programs are getting moved online. These professors aren’t happy.

This post was updated April 10 at 1:00 a.m. The UC implemented a virtual language education initiative in January, sparking pushback from instructors amid language program cuts. Read more...

Photo: The website for the Global Language Network is displayed on a laptop. The virtual language education initiative has sparked concern among UC instructors. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA researchers develop cell therapy for aggressive breast cancer treatment

This post was updated March 31 at 11:21 p.m. UCLA researchers developed a human stem cell-derived cell therapy for an aggressive type of breast cancer. This study focused on modifying natural killer T – or NKT – cells, which are a specialized immune cell that quickly responds to cancer cells, according to the National Cancer Institute. Read more...

Photo: (Ji-Tao Yuen / Daily Bruin)



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