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December 4, 8:45 pm

Heart of the Brain raises $1.5 million for brain cancer awareness in annual walk

UCLA physicians, donors and patients gathered in Dickinson Court on Nov. 3 for an annual brain cancer awareness and fundraising walk. Heart of the Brain – a brain cancer advocacy and fundraising organization – hosted the walk, raising $1.5 million this year for research and clinical trials, according to their website. Read more...

Photo: Many physicians, organizers and donors attended the Heart of the Brain donor walk. The event was geared around raising awareness and funds surrounding brain cancer and brain cancer research. (Courtesy of Prannay Veerabahu)

Academics, California, News, Science & Health

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December 3, 6:12 pm

California partners with hardware firm for AI education in community colleges

California is collaborating with an artificial intelligence company to further integrate AI into the lives of community college students, educators and workers. Gov. Gavin Newsom and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang signed an initiative this August to form a partnership between the California government and NVIDIA, an AI hardware supplier. Read more...

Photo: A classroom is pictured. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced a partnership between California community colleges and NVIDIA, an artificial intelligence company. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Campus, News, Science & Health

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December 2, 8:44 am

Passion for STEM blasts off at Exploring Your Universe Fair

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)

News, Science & Health

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November 30, 6:07 pm

Pictionary with Professors event draws life science students, instructors together

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)

News, Science & Health

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November 30, 5:16 pm

Q&A: UCLA’s Dr. Lawrence Benjamin discusses lung cancer screening, risks, treatments

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.

News, Science & Health

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November 29, 8:38 pm

UCLA participates in Big Ten, Abbott’s nationwide competition for blood donations

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)

News, Science & Health

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November 21, 11:13 pm

Symposium hosted in memory of late biophysics professor Alex Levine

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)


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