This post was updated Sept. 25 at 4:13 p.m. A UCLA professor of geography was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in April. Marilyn Raphael is a leading scientist in Antarctic climate and ocean atmospheric interactions around Antarctica, said Laura Landrum, a project scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Read more...
Photo: Marilyn Raphael was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in April. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Bioscience and medical technology leaders convened at UCLA from May 19 to May 22, combining two of Los Angeles’s premier innovation conferences. The UCLA Technology Development Group united the UCLA MedTech Conference and LA Bioscience Ecosystem Summit for the inaugural LABEST Week with the hope of fostering collaboration across fields such as medical technology, therapeutics and artificial intelligence, according to a press release. Read more...
Photo: Panelists at LABEST are pictured. The UCLA Technology Development Group united the UCLA MedTech Conference and LA Bioscience Ecosystem Summit for the inaugural LABEST Week with the hope of fostering collaboration across fields such as medical technology, therapeutics and artificial intelligence, according to a press release. (Courtesy of LABEST)
This post was updated July 9 at 12:07 p.m. A task force is considering new ways to revamp UCLA’s general education program. The task force, which consists of professors across departments, was created to redesign current GE requirements and create a plan to implement the new changes. Read more...
Photo: A computer showing UCLA’s general education requirements is pictured. A task force made of professors is seeking to redesign current GE requirements. (Catherine Price/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated June 9 at 4:48 p.m. Mariah Strawder, a first-generation student, said she felt the weight of setting a good example for her younger brothers after her mother died. Read more...
Photo: The front doors to the Academic Advancement Program office is pictured. AAP will undergo program pauses and staffing reductions July 1 because of budget cuts to UCLA’s Division of Undergraduate Education. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)
The UC is considering transitioning all its campuses to a common semester calendar – but some faculty members are concerned about costs, workload and a lack of staff input. Read more...
Photo: The Bruin Bear in Bruin Plaza is pictured. The UC is considering transitioning all its campuses – including UCLA – to a common semester calendar. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Raffi Simonian wanted to give students experience in solving real-world business and technology problems. That’s why he decided to lead the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges – hands-on projects where student teams try to solve real world issues in fields like data science, marketing, e-commerce and sales – said Simonian, the program’s director. Read more...
Photo: Simonian presenting the format of the 2023 Fall Innovation Challenge to students interested in participating. Simonian leads the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges. (Courtesy of UCLA Epicenter)
UCLA researchers have developed a drug that counteracts the impaired cognition caused by Alzheimer’s disease and reestablishes brain connections following strokes in mice. The team began searching around six years ago for a molecule that would induce gamma oscillations – natural brain waves that are involved in memory, said Varghese John, the director of the Drug Discovery Laboratory at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: (Helen Sanders/Daily Bruin staff)
