Doctors who are male or graduates of top-ranked medical schools tend to receive more money from drug and medical device companies than their peers, a UCLA study found. Read more...
Photo: Female doctors are paid 2 1/2 times less than men by drug and medical device companies, according to a UCLA study published September. The study also found physicians earn more if they graduated from top-ranked medical schools or have more years of experience. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)
Faculty and students shared information on campus resources and services for students with disabilities at a town hall Wednesday. The Facilities Commission, a part of the undergraduate student government, hosted a town hall during Disability Awareness Week to share resources and give a platform to students with disabilities to ask questions or share their experiences. Read more...
Photo: Panelists at the Disability Awareness Week Town Hall, hosted by the undergraduate student government Facilities Commission, included representatives from the UCLA Center for Accessible Education and the UCLA Committee on Disability. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
UCLA students said they are working to institutionalize voting on campus in an effort to increase student-voter turnout in the upcoming 2020 general election. The California Public Interest Research Group hosted an event Thursday morning at Bruin Plaza to discuss UCLA student-voter turnout in the 2018 midterm elections and efforts to increase turnout in the upcoming 2020 elections. Read more...
Photo: Douglas Barrera, associate director of the UCLA Center for Community Learning, spoke at a CALPIRG event in Bruin Plaza on Thursday about efforts to increase student-voter turnout in the upcoming elections. Barrera said he has noticed that students have become less involved in the political process over the years. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA researchers have developed a device that generates electricity from the night sky. A team of researchers from UCLA and Stanford University found it could produce renewable energy at night using a natural process called radiative sky cooling, according to a study published Sept. Read more...
This post was updated Oct. 11 at 11:03 a.m. Women are more fearful of using Los Angeles public transit than men despite taking more trips, according to an LA Metro report released Aug. Read more...
Photo: More women feel unsafe riding the Metro at night than during the day, according to a study released Aug. 30. The comprehensive study examined how women use public transit and how they feel about safety and access. UCLA researchers helped produce the study. (James Schaap/Daily Bruin)
A music student was the first recipient of a new scholarship inspired by Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson. The scholarship, awarded this year to third-year music composition student David Ghesser, will be presented every other year to a third-year student in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music interested in pursuing a career in composing, arranging or producing popular music. Read more...
Photo: David Ghesser (left), a third-year music composition student, was the first recipient of a new scholarship named after Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson (right). The scholarship was facilitated by a $100,000 donation from UCLA adjunct professor David Leaf (center). (Courtesy of Daniel Ghesser)
UCLA faculty from the humanities, arts and life sciences answered the question, “What is knowledge?” Tuesday at the second lecture of a 10-week series. Tyler Burge, a professor in the Department of Philosophy, said he thinks knowledge exists in many forms including common sense, scientific knowledge and historical knowledge, and should not be considered as a single, unified concept. Read more...
Photo: Victoria Marks (left), the associate dean of academic affairs at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, moderated the second week of the “10 Questions” lecture series. This week, UCLA faculty tackled the question, “What is Knowledge?” (Courtesy of UCLA Arts)
