Saturday, October 17

UC partners with insurance company to increase access to medical data

University of California physicians and researchers will have access to one of the largest medical databases of patient records in the country, under an agreement signed last Thursday with insurance company UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Read more...

Photo: The University of California partnered with insurance company UnitedHealth Group, Inc. last week to better control healthcare and cooperation. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA professor emeritus wins Nobel Prize in chemistry

James Stoddart, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry, received the 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry, the Nobel Prize Committee announced Wednesday Stoddart, who is currently a chemistry professor at Northwestern University received the prize in conjunction with Jean-Pierre Sauvage, a professor at the University of Strasbourg, France and Bernard L. Read more...

Photo: James Stoddart, a professor emeritus of chemistry, will receive the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for building molecular machines. (Courtesy of UCLA)



UCLA to participate in new science and technology imaging center

UCLA researchers will participate in a new science and technology center funded by the National Science Foundation. John Miao, professor of physics and astronomy, and his team of researchers, will work in the new Science and Technology Center on Real-Time Functional Imaging, or STC. Read more...

Photo: John Miao, a professor of physics and astronomy, and his research team will take part in a new imaging center funded by the National Science Foundation. (Courtesy of Shaomei Yu)


Ronald and Valerie Sugar donate $5M to UCLA School of Engineering

Two UCLA alumni donated $5 million to a Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science endowment Wednesday. Ronald and Valerie Sugar established the endowment to support the school and Dean Jayathi Murthy’s goals. Read more...

Photo: Ronald and Valerie Sugar, two UCLA engineering alumni, donated $5 million to the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on Wednesday, after a previous $1 million endowment. (Courtesy of UCLA)


New retention program seeks to support undocumented students

Cristian De Nova hid his status as an undocumented student from his friends when he was a freshman. He said he was intimidated by the strength of other UCLA students, who were active in their communities and stood for causes they believed in. Read more...

Photo: U-SPARC, or Undocumented Students for Advanced Retention and Community, will provide mentorship services to undocumented UCLA students in winter. (Efren Pinon/Daily Bruin)