This post was updated April 2 at 10:06 p.m. Dr. Julio Meza lost two family members to addiction-related illnesses when he was a child. Now, as a UCLA Health physician, he leads a program providing doctors with addiction-specific training. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Gonda building, which houses the Brain Research Institute that hosts the UCLA Integrative Center for Addictive Disorders, is pictured. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
Science advocates and UCLA Faculty Association members called on Californians to support a bill that would put scientific research funding on the 2026 ballot at a Saturday protest in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: Dave Farina, a science educator with 4.2 million YouTube subscribers and known for his channel “Professor Dave Explains,” gives a speech criticizing what he called a growing anti-science sentiment from the federal government. (Nicholas Mouchawar/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 8 at 10:00 p.m. California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot. Leaders from Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West and St. Read more...
Photo: Bruin Walk – one campus location where petitioners typically try to get signatures – is pictured. California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 5 at 9:45 p.m. The UC sponsored a California bill Thursday that would put a $23 billion bond for research funding on the November 2026 ballot. Read more...
Photo: The California State Capitol is pictured. The UC sponsored a California bill Thursday that would put a $23 billion bond for research funding on the November 2026 ballot. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 8 at 9:58 p.m. Several student organizations have called for UCLA to designate itself as a sanctuary campus in response to the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. Read more...
Photo: People protest against the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. Multiple student groups called for UCLA to adopt a “sanctuary campus” designation. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin staff)
A state senator introduced a bill last month to formally recognize artificial intelligence as a research concentration at UC research institutes. If passed, Senate Bill 607 would allow one of the four California Institutes for Science and Innovation – which are multidisciplinary research institutes on UC campuses – to add AI as a concentration. Read more...
Photo: The California State Capitol is pictured. A state senator introduced a bill last month to formally recognize artificial intelligence as a research concentration at UC research institutes. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 3 at 10:34 p.m. Red Darby never expected to be accepted to UCLA, especially as a transfer student coming from Columbia College. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Transfer Alliance Program’s website is pictured. Community colleges that are part of the TAP program boast high UCLA transfer admission rates, with some participating schools reaching an acceptance rate of more than 70% for TAP students. (Josephine Murphy/Daily Bruin senior staff)
