Most on-campus research will shut down starting 11:59 p.m. on Friday, with the exception of that which cannot be done remotely, campus officials said. Researchers must obtain permission for essential experiments and for essential research personnel to remain on campus. Read more...
Photo: UCLA is shutting down most on-campus research following a “safer at home” order for Los Angeles County, officials announced Friday. Those who wish to continue must request permission. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA researchers have developed an automated, robotic framework that can perform an array of medical tasks previously done by humans. The microscale technology, which can perform blood processing, clinical work-ups, diagnostic testing, biomedical assays, sequence genetic material, and assist in the manufacture and development of pharmaceutical drugs, would eliminate the need for human contact and the risk of exposure to pathogens and chemical mutagens, which are critically harmful to an individual’s health. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Daily Bruin)
Chancellor Gene Block will self-quarantine for 14 days after coming in contact with someone with COVID-19, Block announced in a tweet Friday. The chancellor said he has no symptoms and will continue to run UCLA. Read more...
Photo: An asymptomatic Chancellor Gene Block will self-quarantine for 14 days after coming in contact with someone with COVID-19. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated March 7 at 11:07 a.m. Editor’s note: The Daily Bruin removed the full name of one of the accusers mentioned in the story to protect their safety. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA cardiologist is accused of sexually assaulting another doctor in 2015. An administrative law judge said his medical license should be revoked after finding convincing evidence. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA has postponed a highly anticipated lecture with famed primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall, according to a university press release. The Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership, where Goodall was slated to speak, has postponed the event from April 1 to an unspecified date in light of a new campus policy mandating that all in-person gatherings of more than 100 people on campus must be suspended or postponed. Read more...
Photo: The lecture of celebrated primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall, planned to take place at Royce Hall on April 1, has been postponed to a later, unspecified date. The change follows UCLA’s recent campus policy mandating that in-person campus gatherings of more than 100 people must be suspended or postponed. (Creative Commons photo by tim ives via Flickr)
This post was updated March 11 at 9:50 p.m. Anne Deffebach hoped to spend this spring break – her last at UCLA – with six of her best friends in Thailand. Read more...
Photo: Students have been prompted to cancel and reschedule spring break plans because of COVID-19 and UCLA’s suspension of in-person classes until April 10. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA does not plan to move all classes online yet in response to COVID-19, campus representatives said at an information session Monday. The event, which was livestreamed and viewed by nearly 2,000 people, took place in De Neve Auditorium. Read more...
Photo: Brian MacDonald, Director of residential education at UCLA Residential Life, speaks at an information session on COVID-19 on Monday. The event was also livestreamed, as students were encouraged to not attend in person. (Naveed Pour/Daily Bruin)
