UCLA researchers conducted a clinical trial that led to the approval of the first medical device to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The United States Food and Drug Administration approved the Monarch external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation System on April 19. Read more...
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May 28, 11:49 pm
Ford Foundation grants UCLA $1.5M to support immigrant youth and workers
UCLA received $1.5 million to help disadvantaged populations such as undocumented workers and children of immigrant families. The Ford Foundation awarded the grant to UCLA, a university press release announced Thursday. Read more...
Photo: The Ford Foundation awarded $1.5 million to UCLA. The grant will go toward helping disadvantaged populations such as undocumented workers and children of immigrant families. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus, News
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May 28, 11:44 pm
Students voice concerns about bathroom policy, security camera monitoring
This post was updated on June 3 at 11:46 a.m. Students voiced their questions and concerns about two new campus policy drafts regarding monitoring security cameras on campus and gender inclusive facilities at a town hall Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Students and faculty expressed their questions and concerns about Policies 133 and 890, regarding security camera guidelines and gender-inclusive facilities, respectively. They discussed drafts with administrators at a town hall Tuesday. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
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May 28, 10:31 pm
Delivery service NEED Westwood rides into UCLA, but on electric scooters
Students should only worry about taking exams – not getting the blue books needed for them, said Angel Herrera. Co-founded in 2019 by the third-year theater student alongside his friends, second-year economics and philosophy student David Lin and second-year film student Rohun Vora, NEED Westwood features student couriers completing delivery services on electric scooters. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students founded NEED Westwood, a delivery company for the campus community. Couriers deliver items via electric scooters, allowing them to minimize traffic time and complete orders within an hour. The UCLA-based employees are also less likely to get lost en route. Guayakí Yerba Mate and Double Stuf Oreos are popular among customers’ orders, which can be placed via NEED’s website. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
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May 28, 1:14 am
Metro will partially cover Westwood businesses’ revenue losses during construction
Los Angeles Metro will offer local businesses compensation for lost revenue during construction of the Purple Line Extension into Westwood. Metro authorized the expansion of the Business Interruption Fund, which provides funds to locally owned small businesses impacted by transit construction, to compensate businesses for revenue lost during construction of the third and final section of the Purple Line Extension. Read more...
Photo: The Business Interruption Fund is offered by Los Angeles Metro to small businesses that are adversely affected by construction of the Metro Purple Line Extension. (Daily Bruin file photo)
National, News
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May 28, 1:14 am
UCLA community offers views on possibilities, shortcomings of SAT ‘adversity score’
UCLA professors and students said they do not think a new score that aims to provide context on the challenges students face will be immediately effective in increasing disadvantaged students’ access to higher education. Read more...
Photo: The College Board, a nonprofit organization that administers the SAT, announced it will implement the Environmental Context Dashboard, which has been referred to as an “adversity score” by other media outlets. The ECD aims to provide admissions applications readers with information on students’ communities and high schools, including family income, crime rate and opportunities for Advanced Placement classes. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
News, Science & Health
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May 28, 1:11 am
Study says aquaculture may be viable source of food, if done in the right areas
Ocean farming may provide a solution for global hunger and climate change, UCLA researchers found. A yearlong study published in the journal Marine Policy by researchers with the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA found ocean farming could alleviate a large portion of global hunger, promote biological diversity and minimize the impact of carbon emissions from land farming. Read more...
Photo: In a yearlong study, UCLA researchers found ocean farming could alleviate a large portion of global hunger, promote biological diversity and minimize the impact of carbon emissions from land farming. (Nicole Anisgard Parra/Illustrations director)