Thursday, March 19

UCLA, Morgan State University partner for mutual research, mentor opportunities

UCLA partnered with Morgan State University, a historically Black university, to improve research and mentorship between the two institutions. MSU has $20 million in federal grant funds and over 10 state-supported research centers in Baltimore, Maryland, according to UCLA’s announcement of the partnership. Read more...

Photo: Murphy Hall is pictured. UCLA recently announced a partnership with Morgan State University, a historically black University, to provide mentorship and research opportunities. (Vanessa Man/Daily Bruin)


Pictionary with Professors event draws life science students, instructors together

In lectures, life science professors draw an intricate diagram of the gel electrophoresis process, but at the Life Sciences Student Association’s Pictionary with Professors event, instructors drew the movie character Shrek. Read more...

Photo: One of the faculty-student teams tries to catch up to the others by rushing through drawings. Many students and life science professors attended the Pictionary with Professors event, put on by the Life Sciences Student Association. (Courtesy of Tia Ketsan)


Q&A: UCLA’s Dr. Lawrence Benjamin discusses lung cancer screening, risks, treatments

This November marks lung cancer awareness month. To raise awareness about lung cancer, Dr. Lawrence Benjamin, a pulmonologist for UCLA and the Los Angeles Veterans Administration Healthcare system, spoke with Enterprise contributor Nick Mouchawar to discuss the importance of screening for lung cancer, risk factors and patient outlook for the disease. Read more...

Photo: The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is pictured. November is lung cancer awareness month. UCLA Health’s pulmonology department is one of the top ranked in the world, according to U.S. News and World Report.


UCLA participates in Big Ten, Abbott’s nationwide competition for blood donations

This post was updated Dec. 1 at 11:08 p.m. The UCLA Blood & Platelet Center is rallying community members in a race against time, with its Big Ten blood donation competition set to conclude Dec. Read more...

Photo: UCLA is one of the schools competing in the “We Give Blood” blood drive with Abbott and the Big Ten. The competition will last until Dec. 6, where the winning Big Ten school will receive a $1 million prize from Abbott. (Courtesy of Abbott)


USAC Cultural Affairs Commissioner faces allegation of antisemitic discrimination

This post was updated Dec. 2 at 9:39 p.m. A Jewish student filed a discrimination complaint against the Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Commissioner on Monday. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, which hosts the offices of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is pictured. USAC Cultural Affairs Commissioner Alicia Verdugo is facing an allegation that their office discriminated against Jewish applicants during its fall hiring cycle. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA study finds impact of culturally divisive conflict on American public schools

A recent UCLA study found that cultural and political conflict is costing American public schools more than just time. American school districts have spent roughly $3.2 billion toward resolving tensions over how political issues are taught in educational spaces in the 2023-2024 school year, according to the study. Read more...

Photo: (Helen Sanders/Daily Bruin)


Court sentences man to 10 years in prison for July break in, assault

A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for breaking into Saxon Suites and sexually assaulting a UCLA student this summer.  Jeffrey Brewer, who is 42 years old, pleaded no contest to sexual penetration by use of force and to burglary, and will have to pay restitution, which will be determined at a later date, according to ABC7 Los Angeles.  Brewer was arrested in July for breaking into Saxon Suites and was charged with one count of sexual penetration by use of force and one count of first-degree residential burglary.  According to a July press release from District Attorney George Gascón, Brewer was found loitering around Saxon Suites in the early morning of July 5, where he was briefly let into the building but was then asked to leave by a student. Read more...

Photo: Saxon Suites, a form of student housing at UCLA, is pictured. On Monday, a man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for breaking into the suites and assaulting a student in July. (Daily Bruin file photo)