This post was updated Jan. 13 at 9:42 p.m. “Scurfy” mice, DNA sequencing and a Seattle biotechnology company were integral to the research that Mary E. Read more...
Photo: Mary E. Brunkow, one of the 2025 Nobel laureates, is pictured. Brunkow, UCLA alumnus Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi earned the prize for their work in discovering the Foxp3 gene and its crucial function in regulatory T-cell development. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 14 at 1:54 p.m. Los Angeles Metro staff recommended a modified version of alternative five of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – which includes a station on UCLA’s campus – to the LA Metro board’s planning and programming committee Friday. Read more...
Photo: The 405 Freeway is pictured running through the Sepulveda Pass. Los Angeles Metro staff recommended a modified version of alternative five of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – which includes a heavy rail train station underneath UCLA’s campus – to the LA Metro board’s planning and programming committee Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 11 at 10:02 p.m. President Donald Trump mischaracterized a video of UCLA students participating in the quarterly Undie Run as Venezuelans celebrating the ousting of deposed President Nicolas Maduro in a post to his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday. Read more...
Photo: President Donald Trump mischaracterized a video of UCLA students participating in the quarterly Undie Run as Venezuelans celebrating the ousting of deposed President Nicolas Maduro in a post to his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday. The post is pictured. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
Ninez Ponce, a professor and endowed chair in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, sat down with Daily Bruin News contributor Jiyoon Choi to discuss representation in healthcare and the California Health Interview Survey, which she leads. Read more...
Photo: The Fielding School of Public Health is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA Fit for Health Program adopted a new approach to treating childhood obesity: considering the physical, emotional and social aspects of the disease. Dr. Wendelin Slusser, a UCLA Health physician who specializes in clinical care, medical training and obesity research, founded the clinic about 15 years ago. Read more...
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Federal funding cuts have left the futures of thousands of volunteering opportunities for California college students uncertain since April 2025. The Trump administration withheld more than $184 million in grants from AmeriCorps, which provides funding to a variety of community service programs – mainly focusing on education, public health and environmental stewardship – last spring. Read more...
Photo: The AmeriCorps volunteer website is pictured. Federal funding cuts have left the futures of thousands of volunteering opportunities for California college students uncertain since April 2025. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have arrested more than 10,000 people in Los Angeles since June, according to the U.S. Read more...
Photo: The Luskin School of Public Affairs is pictured. Amada Armenta, an associate professor, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss how an uptick in immigration-related arrests has impacted LA. (Daily Bruin file photo)
