Richard Finn transferred to UCLA as an undergraduate freshman from UC San Diego in the late 1970s to be closer to home after his mother died of breast cancer when he was a college freshman. Read more...
Photo: Dennis Slamon (left) and Richard Finn (right) developed Ibrance, a breast cancer drug that has been recently approved by the FDA. (UCLA Newsroom)
UCLA announced Friday that Jayathi Murthy will be the new dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science starting Jan. 1, 2016. Daily Bruin reporter Chandini Soni spoke with Murthy, who is currently the chair of the mechanical engineering department at the University of Texas at Austin, about her plans as dean and her thoughts on engineering. Read more...
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Four UCLA-led projects won a total of $1.7 million in research grants Monday for work that involves collaboration between University of California campuses. UCLA professors won the grant from the UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives competition, which gives funding to researchers who are leading a project that involves a minimum of three campuses, or two campuses and one lab. Read more...
Google announced Tuesday that it gave a $1 million gift to the University of California’s Lick Observatory to support the observatory’s research and academic mission. The donation, which will be split into two $500,000 allocations, will add to the observatory’s $1.5 million annual allocation from the UC Office of the President. Read more...
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UCLA scientists at the California NanoSystems Institute have developed a more efficient and cost-effective method to extract and analyze cancer cells from a patient’s blood. The NanoVelcro Chip, which is about the size of a postage stamp, contains wires 1,000 times thinner than a human hair. Read more...
UCLA announced Friday the new dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science who will begin her term next January. Jayathi Murthy, who is currently the chair and a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, will become the new dean effective Jan. Read more...
Photo: Jayathi Murthy was appointed the new dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, effective next January. (UCLA Newsroom)
Students who have university health insurance may have had their personal information compromised after it was announced Wednesday that hackers breached the computer system of Anthem Inc. Read more...
