In one year, Irene Ontiveros completed clinical rotations, turned in her final graduate school assignments and welcomed her daughter into the world. With her graduation from the Joe C. Read more...
Photo: Ontiveros pictured with her peers and mentors during her graduation at the Joe C. Wen School of Nursing. She cited this network as some of her “biggest cheerleaders” throughout this time. (Courtesy of Kristi Westphaln)
A new textbook is weaving together overlooked stories that make up the fabric of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, from Vietnamese American oral histories to the rise of Samoan athletes on the football field. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Billy for Foundations and Futures)
AI learning tools will be introduced to undergraduate physics and math courses this fall. The Artificial Intelligence and Math Skills program, a two-year project aiming to decrease learning disparities in introductory STEM courses, will be implemented across physical and life science courses to improve student learning experiences, according to the UCLA Center for Education Innovation & Learning in the Sciences website. Read more...
Photo: The Math Sciences Building, which houses many undergraduate math, physics and other STEM classes, is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Sept. 7 at 8:39 p.m. The suspension of about 800 of UCLA’s research grants halted projects across campus – including some in its highly-ranked applied mathematics program. Read more...
Photo: The Math Sciences Building, which houses the Department of Mathematics, is pictured. The suspension of about 800 of UCLA’s research grants halted projects across campus, including some in its highly-ranked applied mathematics program. (Mia Tavares/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Sept. 4 at 8:14 p.m. For students at Bruin Student Teaching and Research Scholars Academy, learning in the lab is more than a research opportunity. Read more...
Photo: Kupiec-Weglinski, Dery and Bruin STARS Academy graduates at their graduation in June for completion of their time in lab and the academy. (Courtesy of Ken Dery)
This post was updated Sept. 7 at 8:33 p.m. Federal funding cuts and tight budgets will lead to fewer opportunities for undergraduates looking to do research in UCLA labs. Read more...
Photo: Scientific research posters are pictured. Research opportunities for undergraduate students will be severely limited as a direct result of the loss of federal funding. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA School of Dentistry partnered with a South Korean semiconductor company to bring a saliva-based diagnostic technology into clinics – with the goal of enabling the noninvasive, early detection of diseases such as cancer. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Dentistry will partner with Dongwoon Anatech to annually support EFIRM, an electrochemical platform that detects molecular targets such as cancer mutations in small samples of blood or saliva. (Courtesy of Ben Alkaly)
