September is prostate cancer awareness month. Dr. Leonard Marks, a urologic oncologist and professor in the Department of Urology at UCLA, sat down with Daily Bruin science and health contributor Nick Mouchawar to discuss screening for prostate cancer, risk factors and management of the disease. Read more...
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This post was updated Sept. 24 at 11:17 p.m. Jewish community members criticized the federal government’s citation of “antisemitism and bias” as justification for suspending university funding. Read more...
Photo: Hillel at UCLA building is pictured. UCLA’s Hillel chapter, along with the Jewish Faculty Resilience Group, are forming a Jewish faculty working group to advocate for the restoration of UCLA’s research funding. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Sept. 17 at 8:26 p.m. The UC Board of Regents approved the UCLA police department’s request for less-than-lethal munition launchers and sponge rounds at a Wednesday meeting. Read more...
Photo: UCPD officers with less-than-lethal weapons enter the Palestine solidarity encampment. The UC Board of Regents approved the UCLA police department’s request for less-than-lethal munition launchers and sponge rounds at a Wednesday meeting. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Sept. 22 at 2:20 p.m. A UC Board of Regents committee voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend allocating an additional $2 million to replace an outdated UCLA emergency power system. The project, first approved in 2020, will upgrade the emergency power system for the Center for Health Sciences and its adjacent buildings to ensure that research, clinical activities and safety remain protected in case of a power outage. Read more...
Craig Valenzuela, a UCLA alumnus and former Los Angeles Police Department commander, was appointed UCPD’s chief of police in July. He stepped into the role Sept. Read more...
Photo: Craig Valenzuela, UCPD’s chief of police, is pictured. Valenzuela, a UCLA alumnus and former LAPD commander, stepped into the role at the beginning of September. (Courtesy of UCPD)
This post was updated Sept. 16 at 10:46 p.m. Groups representing over 100,000 employees sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, alleging that the suspension of research funds and settlement demands of $1 billion is financial coercion and a violation of the free speech and due process rights of employees. The suit follows the Trump administration’s proposed $1 billion settlement for UCLA to regain its research funding – including 800 grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and U.S. Read more...
Photo: Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 and the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communication Workers of America 9119 march though the UCLA campus during their February strike. The two unions are parties in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated Sept. 17 at 12:00 p.m. UCLA put an official in its office of equity, diversity and inclusion on administrative leave after he made social media posts celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death, according to the Los Angeles Times. The EDI office’s “Who We Are” webpage appeared to be taken down as of 10 p.m. Read more...
Photo: The office of equity, diversity and inclusion’s webpage which previously housed their “Who We Are” section, is pictured. The webpage used to feature an official now on administrative leave for social media posts celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
