Thursday, October 1

UC student health center doctors to hold second strike

Doctors at the University of California student health centers will go on their second strike in three months starting Thursday, claiming the UC has not provided the financial information that the union needs. Read more...

Photo: University of California doctors in the Union of American Physicians and Dentists went on a one-day strike in January. The union will go on another strike starting Thursday. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)



UCLA professor combines expertise in public health, bioterrorism

Peter Katona spends his spare time giving talks on biological weapons and terrorism across the country. Otherwise, he can be found doing clinical rounds in the halls of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...

Photo: Peter Katona gives talks on bioterrorism and weapons of mass destruction apart from working as a doctor at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)




The Bruin Experiment fosters passion for science at underserved schools

Twelve-year-old William Trimble listed off coding languages that he learned himself as other students tested their experiments around the classroom. Some were rubbing balloons on their heads to test for electricity and others were building solar ovens to make s’mores. Read more...

Photo: Members of The Bruin Experiment club worked with middle school students to devise science experiments during a recent school visit. (Meghan Hodges/Daily Bruin)


Phase one of Engineering VI complex scheduled to open

A new engineering facility geared toward green energy and nanotechnology research will open on Thursday after undergoing construction since 2012. The 60,000-square-foot facility represents phase one of Engineering VI, which will replace the old Engineering 1A building that was knocked down in 2011 to make room for a more modernized facility. Read more...

Photo: A new engineering facility, phase one of the Engineering IV complex (above), will open on Thursday after undergoing construction since 2012. (UCLA)



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