Researchers from the UCLA Visual Machines Group created a new contactless biosensor technology that eliminates the racial bias found in some current sensors. Biosensors are devices that measure chemical and biological reactions, such as vital signs. Read more...
Photo: Researchers from the UCLA Visual Machines Group stand with their contactless heart rate sensor. The researchers created this sensor to eliminate racial bias in certain camera-based sensors. (Courtesy of Achuta Kadambi)
UCLA will acquire two new sites in Rancho Palos Verdes and San Pedro, Chancellor Gene Block announced in a systemwide email Tuesday. The new sites, totaling 35.5 acres, will enable the university to expand campus access to students, following the University of California’s goal to increase enrollment by 2030, the announcement said. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s campus from above. Chancellor Gene Block announced Tuesday that UCLA would acquire a total of 35.5 acres of land from sites at Rancho Palos Verdes and San Pedro. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Oct. 6 at 3:02 p.m. UCLA announced the establishment of the Infectious Diseases Management Team to monitor the public health situation and develop long-term public health strategies in a campuswide email Monday. Read more...
Photo: Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center is pictured. UCLA announced the creation of the Infectious Diseases Management Team to replace the UCLA COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force and Case Management Team. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Oct. 4 at 9:19 p.m. Following a seven-month closure, Northern Lights opened to the public Monday. Upon reopening, Northern Lights – located between Rolfe Hall and Charles E. Read more...
Photo: Northern Lights, an ASUCLA campus restaurant, reopened Monday after a seven-month closure, now offering new menu options in paninis, poke bowls and aguas frescas. (Dylan Du/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The market at the UCLA Store in Ackerman Union is now accepting CalFresh as part of an effort to combat food insecurity on campus. Federally recognized as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the CalFresh program is meant to supplement low-income individuals’ budgets to make sure they can purchase nutritious food, according to the California Department of Social Services. Read more...
Photo: An electronic benefits transfer card in front of the UCLA Store. As of mid-August, the market at the UCLA Store in Ackerman Union has begun accepting CalFresh electronic food benefits. (Photo illustration by Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Sept. 28 at 11:34 a.m. To pay for her medical expenses, Natalie Moncada could sometimes only afford to eat once a day for months living off of their $2700 monthly work stipend from UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Natalie Moncada sits at a fountain near Royce Hall. A lack of funds and low stipends present barriers for many graduate students pursuing higher education. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)
The Autonomous University of Querétaro has opened Mexico’s first labor center with support from the UCLA Labor Center. The Centro Laboral UAQ, which opened in August, seeks to provide more resources to workers in Mexico by supporting working class mobilization, assisting in contract negotiation and helping workers understand how to unionize, according to UCLA Newsroom. Read more...
Photo: The Centro Laboral UAQ, Mexico’s first labor center, is pictured. It was opened in August by the Autonomous University of Querétaro in collaboration with the UCLA Labor Center.(Courtesy of Diseño e Imagen FPSE)
