Thursday, October 8

USAC recap – Sept. 11

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every two weeks during the summer in the Bruin Viewpoint Room and are open to all students. Read more...



UCLA names alumna first vice chancellor of strategic communication

UCLA appointed its first vice chancellor of strategic communication, the university announced Tuesday. Mary Osako, a UCLA alumna, will oversee UCLA’s strategic communication division which includes UCLA’s marketing, media relations, executive communication, public outreach and special events and protocol units, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Mary Osako will be UCLA’s first vice chancellor of strategic communication, the university announced Tuesday. (Courtesy of Mary Osako)


UCLA tops US News & World Report’s public university rankings for the third time

This post was updated Sept. 12 at 10:24 a.m. UCLA was named the No. 1 public university in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings Sunday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA was named the No. 1 public university in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings for a third year in a row. The university also placed No. 20 among all private and public universities. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Open-access publishing is focus in California Digital Library’s latest project

The California Digital Library launched a new project this month to support open-access publishing. Arcadia, a charitable fund started by philanthropists Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, is funding the Next Generation Library Publishing project with a $2.2 million grant. Read more...

Photo: The California Digital Library, which provides digital library services to the University of California libraries such as Powell Library, launched the Next Generation Library Publishing project to support open-access publishing. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA Health awarded federal innovation grant to launch biodesign hub

A UCLA hub for medical technology and digital health innovation received $1.5 million in funding, UCLA Health announced Wednesday. The UCLA Biodesign Hub for Medical Technology and Digital Health Innovation received $750,000 from the U.S. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Biodesign Hub for Medical Technology and Digital Health Innovation received a $750,000 federal grant which was matched by UCLA Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine. (Daily Bruin file photo)