Thursday, December 18

UCLA Law hosts climate change, public policy panel with former Canadian minister

This post was updated Feb. 13 at 8:08 p.m. A former Canadian cabinet minister told climate activists to keep fighting despite a currently unfavorable political background at a Jan. Read more...

Photo: Former Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna and former Chair of the California Air Resources Board Mary D. Nichols discuss climate change policy at a UCLA School of Law panel Jan. 22. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)


Q&A: Interim endocrinology clinical chief debunks thyroid myths, shares care options

This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:28 a.m. Dr. Stephanie Smooke Praw, the interim clinical chief of UCLA Health’s Division of Endocrinology, sat down with the Daily Bruin to dispel thyroid disease misconceptions, discuss risk factors and talk through treatment options during Thyroid Awareness Month in January. Read more...

Photo: (Valerie Liman/Daily Bruin)


Spider-Man-themed coding event webs together inclusivity, problem-solving

This post was updated Jan. 30 at 9:46 p.m. Problem solving was in full swing during the Association for Computing Machinery at UCLA’s inclusivity-focused coding event Jan. Read more...

Photo: Members of the Association of Computed Machinery at UCLA and other students are pictured at an event. Members of the ACM chapter at UCLA organized the “Break the Binary” event and solved challenges, including ones that were Spider-Man-themed. (Courtesy of Jafarri Nocentelli)


Professor next door: Faculty-in-residence Irene Chen pioneers viruses, community

This post was updated Jan. 28 at 10:58 p.m. When Dr. Irene Chen wraps up her day teaching courses and leading research, her work isn’t finished – she then heads back to the Hill, where she is an Olympic Hall faculty in residence. Read more...

Photo: Dr. Irene Chen, pictured, serves as a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a faculty in residence for Olympic Hall. (Isabella Appell/Daily Bruin)


Society of Women Engineers at UCLA holds donation effort for LA wildfire victims

The Society of Women Engineers at UCLA hosted a donation drive for victims of the Los Angeles wildfires Thursday. Members of the club created donation kits at the event for children affected by fires across LA County, which have burned over 47,000 acres since Jan. Read more...

Photo: Some of the event attendees at the Society of Women Engineers at UCLA donation drive work with activities that represent scientific experiments. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)


Los Angeles County fires bring increased anxiety, stress to UCLA students

This post was updated Jan. 26 at 11:20 p.m. Vickie Mays is no stranger to disaster, having provided support to the New Orleans community following Hurricane Katrina. Read more...

Photo: The Palisades fire is pictured. Fires began in Los Angeles on Jan. 7 and have spread over 50,000 acres, according to the California Department of Fires and Forestry Website. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC Regents committee recommends creation of new UCLA health care facilities

This post was updated Jan 22 at 10:51 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO – A UC Board of Regents committee recommended creating three UCLA health care facilities within a newly acquired building. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents financial and capital strategies committee met at UC San Francisco on Wednesday. The committee unanimously voted to recommend creating three UCLA health care facilities within a newly acquired building near the Los Angeles International Airport. (Vivian Stein/Daily Bruin)



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