The department of pediatrics in UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine received a donation of around $2 million to help treat children with disorders, such as cerebral palsy and autism. Read more...
Photo: The gift donated by the Shapiro family will go towards funding the study and treatment of pediatric diseases such as cerebral palsy. Daily Bruin file photo
Judea Pearl’s fourth-grade teacher and classmates insisted he was wrong. They were convinced the area of a kilometer-length square was a thousand square meters, not a million like Pearl said. Read more...
Photo: Judea Pearl, an emeritus professor of computer science at UCLA and pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, checks his email on a 20-year-old Wyse terminal. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers may have discovered the cause of a huge, bow-shaped wave on Venus that has puzzled planetary scientists for years. Their computer simulations of the Venusian atmosphere showed that wind blowing across mountains creates oscillations of the air, called mountain waves, that launch high into the clouds. Read more...
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UCLA’s Office of Student Conduct deals with cases of student cheating. It can provide support for students who are under an immense amount of pressure to succeed but can also cause weeks of stress for students awaiting the office’s verdict. Read more...
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A new committee will gather student feedback to improve the curriculum for core life science classes. Navi Sidhu, an undergraduate representative for Associated Students UCLA, said he created the Life Science Core Student Advisory and Communication Committee on May 29, with the approval of Dean of UCLA Life Sciences Victoria Sork, to increase collaboration between Life Sciences Core Education administrators and students. Read more...
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Three student researchers crouched across from the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center, cradling baby birds roughly the size of a large peanut. “They’re opening their mouths; they must be hungry,” said Ellie Diamant, a graduate student in biology. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers tag baby junco birds to monitor the species’ behavior and genetics. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA researchers are developing a pill to relieve hangovers. Yunfeng Lu, a chemical and biomolecular engineering professor at UCLA, and Cheng Ji, an associate professor at the University of Southern California, created a pill that decreased blood alcohol by 45 percent in inebriated mice within four hours. Read more...
