The Los Angeles Police Department is searching for an individual involved in the assault of a man in Westwood on Jan. 6. Witnesses said the man had been physically banging on a vehicle and lying on the hood before being struck with the vehicle, Officer Christopher Ragsdale said in an email statement. Read more...
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January 15, 12:36 am
LAPD investigating collision between a vehicle and pedestrian that left one dead
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January 15, 12:35 am
Faculty express concerns over lack of diversity in UCLA Health’s hiring process
Roughly 200 doctors snapped, cheered and hissed at administrators during a town hall over concerns that the administration did not prioritize diversity. Faculty clashed with David Geffen School of Medicine administrators over questions surrounding the replacement of Peter Whybrow at a town hall Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Faculty at the David Geffen School of Medicine challenged administrators’ commitment to diversity at a town hall Thursday. A committee to select the new psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences chair and director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is made up of seven white men, three white women and one Latino man. (Anirudh Keni/Daily Bruin)
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January 14, 12:40 am
Global Citizens fellow aspires to improve health care discrepancies in Thailand
This post was updated Jan. 21 at 6:20 p.m. When Emma Gillette got into a motorcycle accident while studying abroad in Thailand in 2017, she was thrown into Thailand’s medical system and saw the disparities between the health care provided to rural and urban communities. Read more...
Photo: Emma Gillette travelled to Thailand in 2018 to teach emergency medical techniques to local Thai communities as a part of the Global Citizens Fellowship program at UCLA. The program awards grants to students to complete a project of their design in a foreign country. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)
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January 14, 12:36 am
UCLA program alleviates Medicare costs, addresses multiple dimensions of dementia
This post was updated Jan. 21 at 2:35 p.m. A UCLA program has decreased costs for Medicare and provided benefits for dementia patients through partnerships with community organizations. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program has served approximately 2,700 patients and their families since the program began. The program collaborated with other community programs in Los Angeles, including adult day care centers, caregiver education programs and counseling services, to provide patients with services beyond typical medical care. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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January 14, 12:19 am
Angela Davis features at social justice summit, shares personal experience
Activist Angela Davis expressed hope for the future of social justice during a summit held at a school that had fired her twice. “It is young people, who have not had very much experience in this world, who have the hope, and who know they have to do something to change the world because otherwise they know they will not have a future,” she said. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Black Alumni Association and the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies hosted a social justice summit in which speakers, including Angela Davis and rapper Common, analyzed topics including mental health, music and activism. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
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January 11, 1:07 pm
UCLA searching for woman who threatened student, stole cell phone
This post was updated Jan. 13 at 3:47 p.m. University police arrested a woman Saturday for a robbery that occurred Thursday night. The woman threatened a UCLA student with a box cutter, and stole the student’s cell phone. Read more...
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January 10, 11:44 pm
Research reveals growing success of sprayable gel solution in cancer treatment
UCLA researchers developed a gel-forming sprayable solution that can prevent cancer cells from regrowing after surgical removal. Zhen Gu, a bioengineering professor, and other senior researchers at universities in the U.S. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Zhen Gu/UCLA)