Over 10,000 K-12 students, UCLA undergraduates, graduate students and professors gathered at the Court of Sciences on Nov. 5 for the 2024 Exploring Your Universe Fair. Read more...
Photo: The Exploring Your Universe 2024 event was held in the Court of Sciences. The free science fair was volunteer led with booths and activities that were led by UCLA scientists. (Courtesy of Haley Marks)
In lectures, life science professors draw an intricate diagram of the gel electrophoresis process, but at the Life Sciences Student Association’s Pictionary with Professors event, instructors drew the movie character Shrek. Read more...
Photo: One of the faculty-student teams tries to catch up to the others by rushing through drawings. Many students and life science professors attended the Pictionary with Professors event, put on by the Life Sciences Student Association. (Courtesy of Tia Ketsan)
This November marks lung cancer awareness month. To raise awareness about lung cancer, Dr. Lawrence Benjamin, a pulmonologist for UCLA and the Los Angeles Veterans Administration Healthcare system, spoke with Enterprise contributor Nick Mouchawar to discuss the importance of screening for lung cancer, risk factors and patient outlook for the disease. Read more...
Photo: The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is pictured. November is lung cancer awareness month. UCLA Health’s pulmonology department is one of the top ranked in the world, according to U.S. News and World Report.
This post was updated Dec. 1 at 11:08 p.m. The UCLA Blood & Platelet Center is rallying community members in a race against time, with its Big Ten blood donation competition set to conclude Dec. Read more...
Photo: UCLA is one of the schools competing in the “We Give Blood” blood drive with Abbott and the Big Ten. The competition will last until Dec. 6, where the winning Big Ten school will receive a $1 million prize from Abbott. (Courtesy of Abbott)
The biophysics community gathered for a symposium to celebrate the life of former UCLA faculty member Alex Levine from Nov. 4 to Nov. 6. The event consisted of presentations from soft matter physicists and engineers, including some of Levine’s closest friends. Read more...
Photo: The California Nanosystems Institute building is pictured. Various presentations from the event took place here. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Nov. 18 at 12:56 p.m. Young people who experienced parental adversity are more likely to have potentially harmful bacteria in their mouth, according to UCLA. Read more...
Photo: (By Valerie Liman/Daily Bruin)
SAN FRANCISCO – Members of the UC Board of Regents Health Services Committee discussed the state of the UC Health system and its impact on the California community during its November meeting. Read more...
Photo: UC San Francisco is pictured. The UC Board of Regents met at UCSF for its November meeting Tuesday through Thursday. (Sam Mulick/Daily Bruin senior staff)
