A former UCLA medical student filed a lawsuit June 1 against the UC Board of Regents, UCLA Health, the University of Southern California and Los Angeles County alleging she was discriminated against on the grounds of race and disability. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health (pictured) is involved in a lawsuit alleging a former UCLA medical student experienced discrimination based on race and gender. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Dr. Steven Dubinett, who has served as the interim dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine since 2021, was named as the school’s permanent dean Monday. Read more...
Photo: The Learning Resource Center at the David Geffen School of Medicine is pictured. The school named Dr. Steven Dubinett, its interim dean since 2021, as permanent dean Monday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students, faculty and staff expressed support for new gender-inclusive guidelines for blood donation but noted they may have limited efficacy. The United States Food and Drug Administration announced May 11 it will implement new guidance that will allow men who have sex with men to donate blood without a deferral period for the first time since 1985. Read more...
Photo: Recommendations from the United States Food and Drug Administration for blood donors are pictured, with those requiring a deferral period for men who have sex with men crossed out. The agency announced May 11 that it will be shifting to a risk-based, more gender-inclusive assessment of donor eligibility, which will allow some MSM to donate without a deferral. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated June 1 at 4:04 p.m.. The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health announced it will offer a new master’s degree in data science in health. Read more...
The UC announced May 16 that students and employees will soon be allowed to opt out of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate entirely. The change came after the United States Department of Health and Human Services announced that the federal COVID-19 public health emergency would end May 11. Read more...
Photo: A vaccine record card and a UCLA form are pictured. Students will be able to opt out of vaccinations as part of a new UC policy. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated June 5 at 12:11 a.m. The UCLA Beckman Scholars Program selected two undergraduate researchers in May as the organization’s 2023-2024 scholars. The scholarship – which is part of a national program funded by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation – is awarded annually to two undergraduate researchers for an honors or departmental thesis project under the supervision of a UCLA Beckman faculty member. Read more...
Photo: Third-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student Cecilia McCormick (left) and third-year chemistry student Amanda Nguyen (right) are pictured. The two were selected as the 2023-2024 UCLA Beckman Scholars, a program that awards $18,200 for undergraduate research. (From left to right: Ella Greenberg Winnick/Daily Bruin and Stella Gray/Daily Bruin)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council proposed a resolution calling for UCLA to expand COVID-19 protection measures. The resolution – sponsored by Cultural Affairs Commissioner Alicia Verdugo and General Representative Eliana Sisman – calls for the reintroduction of a mask mandate, the continuation of vending machines for COVID-19 tests and the reinforcement of isolation guidelines. Read more...
Photo: A surgical mask is pictured on a brick ground. The Undergraduate Students Association Council proposed a resolution pushing the university to reimplement a mask mandate, among other COVID-19 safety measures. (Daily Bruin file photo)
