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August 20, 1:31 pm

UCLA pauses new faculty hiring, will consolidate IT teams following funding cuts

This post was updated Aug. 23 at 5:37 p.m. UCLA has paused new faculty hiring and will consolidate campus information technology services following the suspension of federal research funding, two vice chancellors announced Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Murphy Hall, where UCLA’s administrative offices are housed, is pictured. Two vice chancellors announced in an email Wednesday that the university will pause new faculty hiring and consolidate campus information technology services following the suspension of federal research funding. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A Closer Look, Academics, News, Science & Health

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August 19, 6:19 pm

UCLA partners with Dongwoon Anatech to advance saliva-based diagnostic technology

The UCLA School of Dentistry partnered with a South Korean semiconductor company to bring a saliva-based diagnostic technology into clinics – with the goal of enabling the noninvasive, early detection of diseases such as cancer. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Dentistry will partner with Dongwoon Anatech to annually support EFIRM, an electrochemical platform that detects molecular targets such as cancer mutations in small samples of blood or saliva. (Courtesy of Ben Alkaly)

A Closer Look, Campus, National, News

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August 19, 5:56 pm

Students urge transparency during UC’s efforts to restore federal funding

Students urged the UC to protect its researchers and increase transparency amid federal negotiations to restore UCLA’s frozen research grants. The Trump administration suspended about 800 of UCLA’s research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Energy in late July. Read more...

Photo: Kendy Chen, a fifth-year biochemistry student, works at a lab. Students urged the UC to remain transparent as the federal government seeks a $1 billion settlement from UCLA to restore its research funding. (Courtesy of Arjun Pamidi)

A Closer Look, Campus, News, UC

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August 18, 7:07 pm

UCLA library makes room for new books through weeding process, recycling

A May Reddit post showing a dumpster bin filled with books, allegedly behind Olympic and Centennial residential halls, sparked outrage and confusion among students. The post to UCLA’s subreddit with the image, entitled “UCLA IS TRASHING THOUSANDS OF BOOKS,” received about 250 “upvotes” and over 60 comments. Read more...

Photo: A May reddit post showing a dumpster filled with books sparked confusion among UCLA students. (Helen Sanders/Daily Bruin staff)

Campus, News, Student Government

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August 16, 12:16 am

USAC recap – July 22

This post was updated Aug. 16 at 12:28 a.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved two constitutional bylaw changes, which added appointments to the transfer student and international student representative offices during its July 22 meeting. Read more...

Academics, News, Science & Health

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August 15, 11:07 pm

UCLA’s School of Nursing adds ‘Joe C. Wen’ to name after historic donation

The UCLA School of Nursing will be renamed after Joe C. Wen, following a $30 million donation, the university announced Aug. 5. The donation was the largest-ever gift in the nursing school’s history, which will be UCLA’s first to be named after an Asian American. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Nursing is pictured. (Shiv Patel/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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