Saturday, April 11

Dozens gather in remembrance of student Lindsey Trieu at candlelight vigil

Holding flowers and electric candles, dozens of people gathered in Bruin Plaza Friday night at a vigil for Lindsey Trieu, a UCLA student who died in March. Read more...

Photo: Lindsey Trieu, a second-year psychology student who was set to graduate spring quarter, died March 27. Friends of Trieu remember her for her loving and hardworking personality. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)



UCLA researchers examine effect of COVID-19 vaccine among health care workers

UCLA researchers are leading a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded study to investigate the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccinations among health care workers. The CDC allocated more than $11 million to four programs conducting studies evaluating the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, including Preventing Emerging Infections Through Vaccine Effectiveness Testing, a study led by researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers are leading a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded study to evaluate the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines in health care. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)


UCLA to commission review of LAPD’s use of Jackie Robinson Stadium

UCLA is planning to commission an independent third-party review of the events that led to the LAPD using the UCLA-leased Jackie Robinson Stadium to detain protesters during the George Floyd protests in June, administrators announced Friday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA selected two co-chairs to lead reviews into campus safety policies and the 2020 Jackie Robinson Stadium incident. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA Housing mandating additional COVID-19 testing following recent spike

UCLA Housing is requiring students to get additional testing for COVID-19 after UCLA experienced a spike in COVID-19 cases. UCLA Housing sent an email Thursday to students living on the Hill asking them to take an additional COVID-19 test after the UCLA undergraduate community experienced an increase in positive COVID-19 cases. Read more...

Photo: UCLA sent an urgent notice to Hill residents to receive additional COVID-19 testing after the undergraduate community saw a spike in cases this past week. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA researchers develop artificial intelligence to analyze cells without killing them

UCLA researchers developed an artificial intelligence model that allows them to analyze the appearance of a cell and determine its protein content without killing the cell. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers developed a model using artificial intelligence to analyze a cell and identify its protein content without harming the cell itself (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff).