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May 21, 9:25 pm

UCLA team compiles coronavirus-related data, creates statistical modeling tool

A UCLA professor and students created an artificial intelligence-based tool to collect and correlate data related to the COVID-19 pandemic easily. Majid Sarrafzadeh, a computer science professor who specializes in health analytics, created the tool Olivia to reduce the difficulty of generating models and understanding data science. Read more...

Photo: A UCLA computer science professor and a group of students created an artificial intelligence tool that can be used to simplify data collection and the modeling of COVID-19 data. This was done with the aim of making data science more accessible to any user. (Screen capture by Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin)

Academics, Campus, News, UC

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May 21, 5:26 pm

SAT, ACT test scores no longer required in UC admissions process

The University of California Board of Regents voted unanimously to suspend all standardized testing requirements for admissions through 2024 at its meeting Thursday. The board accepted UC President Janet Napolitano’s recommendation 23-0, meaning the UC system will make standardized tests optional through 2022 and fully suspend the use of the tests for admissions by 2024. Read more...

Photo: The University of California Board of Regents voted unanimously to phase out the use of the SAT/ACT test scores in admissions at its Thursday meeting. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)

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May 21, 4:40 pm

Epidemiology adjunct professor helps China develop, implement COVID-19 response

A UCLA professor helped control China’s COVID-19 epidemic when it first emerged, but he worries about rising global COVID-19 cases. Zunyou Wu, an adjunct professor of epidemiology in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was among the first scientists to study SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, when it first surfaced in Wuhan, China, in late December. Read more...

Photo: Zunyou Wu, an adjunct professor of epidemiology in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was a key figure in China’s fight against COVID-19 and helped control its spread. (Courtesy of Zunyou Wu)

News, UC

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May 20, 9:27 pm

Napolitano says UCs will likely operate on hybrid basis for fall, decision not yet made

University of California President Janet Napolitano said Wednesday she anticipates that most, if not all, campuses will operate on a hybrid learning basis in the fall. Read more...

Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano stated that she anticipates most, if not all, UC campuses will operate on a hybrid learning basis in the fall. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)

California, News, Science & Health

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May 19, 7:08 pm

UCLA, UCSF, CDPH collaborate to train coronavirus contact tracers

UCLA is partnering with the University of California, San Francisco, and the California Department of Public Health to train contact tracers to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...

Photo: UCLA, partnered with UCSF and CADPH, are training contact tracers to combat the spread of COVID-19. Contact tracing is important as it helps stop people who have come in contact with COVID-19, spread the infection further by advising self isolation and testing. The trainees in the program are mostly civil servants who are not able to continue working due to the pandemic. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)


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