This post was updated Sept. 21 at 11:08 p.m. UCLA students and faculty are participating in a three-year study on agriculture and irrigation in East Africa funded by the National Science Foundation. Read more...
Photo: Students from U.S. universities research water management in southern Rwanda. The study will look at agriculture and irrigation in Rwanda, Ethiopia and Sudan. (Courtesy of Haley Gunther)
This post was updated Sept. 5 at 8:40 p.m. UCLA researchers have created models using artificial learning that can be used to quickly identify the drugs involved in overdose deaths. Read more...
Photo: (By Isabella Lee/Illustrations Director)
Researchers from UCLA, Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania have created a system that could improve upon an existing type of therapy for cancer known as T-cell therapy. Read more...
This post was updated Aug. 21 at 8:34 p.m. The sexual assault trial against former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps began Aug. 9 and remains underway. Heaps, who was previously a faculty member at the David Geffen School of Medicine and an OB-GYN at UCLA Health from 2014 to 2018, has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 100 former patients. Read more...
Photo: The sexual assault trial against former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps (pictured) began Aug. 9 and remains underway. The trial began with opening statements and continues now with testimony from female witnesses. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Aug 21. at 8:45 p.m. The International Pre-Med Society at UCLA has created an international mentorship program for high school students from other countries interested in studying STEM in the United States, which began Jan. Read more...
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This post was updated 8/14/2022 at 8:12 p.m. Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Read more...
This post was updated Aug. 14 at 8:08 p.m. UCLA announced in a campuswide email Friday that indoor masking and symptom monitoring requirements will be removed, effective Monday. UCLA is updating its protocols to align with changes made to protocols for Los Angeles County and California, according to the email. Indoor masking is now strongly recommended and outdoor masking continues to be optional, according to the announcement. Students, staff and faculty at UCLA will also no longer be required to fill out the daily symptom monitoring survey, according to the announcement. Read more...
Photo: A mask lies on a ledge. UCLA will remove indoor masking and symptom monitoring requirements beginning Aug. 15. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)
