Amid the recent controversy surrounding UCLA political science graduate student Michael LaCour, a professor at Emory University reported similar discrepancies for another one of LaCour’s studies. Read more...
Photo: Gregory Martin, a political science professor at Emory University, attempted to replicate the results of a study published by Michael LaCour in 2014. (Courtesy of Gregory Martin)
UCLA professors, students and workers publish many papers and reports each year about research in fields that help shape government policy, health care systems and technology. Read more...
The Wounded Warrior Project announced a $15.7 million grant Tuesday for UCLA Health’s Operation Mend, a treatment program for wounded veterans and their families. Melanie Gideon, director of Operation Mend, said the money will be granted in installments of $5 million per year over the next three years. Read more...
A UCLA study released Thursday indicated a device attachable to fingers of organ donors who are brain dead can determine the functionality of their liver by detecting the amount of a drug remaining in the bloodstream. Read more...
Nicole Moreland lost two friends to suicide during her four years at UCLA. One was Sam Oliver, a fourth-year economics student who died from an apparent suicide in December. Read more...
Photo: Rachel Feldman, a fourth-year psychobiology student and one of the campaign managers for All of Us, led a vigil Thursday night to remember those who committed suicide as part of Mental Health Awareness Month. (Julie Song/Daily Bruin)
Having grown up listening to his father’s stories of survival in the Holocaust, Raphael Rose developed an interest in behavioral psychology and the effects traumatic experiences can have on a person. Read more...
Photo: Professor Raphael Rose will receive a grant to study stress management for astronauts. (Courtesy of Raphael D. Rose)
A graduate student accused of falsifying data said he stands behind his research in an email statement Friday. In a study published in December, Michael LaCour and his co-author, Columbia professor Donald Green, reported results that suggested voters’ support for same-sex marriage increases following a 20-minute conversation with a gay advocate for same-sex marriage. Read more...
Photo: Michael LaCour, a UCLA graduate student, said in an email statement Friday that he stands by his study published in Science magazine in December. (UCLA)
