Tuesday, July 14

In the news:

UCLA researcher awarded Sjöberg Prize for pioneering targeted breast cancer treatment

A UCLA researcher won an award for his efforts to target and treat breast cancer. Dennis Slamon, director of the Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program, won the Sjöberg Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Sweden’s Sjöberg Foundation. Read more...

Photo: Dennis Slamon, director of the Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program, won an award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Sweden’s Sjöberg Foundation for his pioneering research in targeted breast cancer treatments. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)


RAs, programming offices comment on scarce student turnout at Hill events

Resident assistants and programming offices on the Hill said they struggle to boost turnout at events on the Hill due to students’ varied interests and schedules. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Scholarship Resource Center reaches a lot of students but has trouble keeping them interested in the center’s programming, said the center’s Student Affairs Advisor Mac Harris. The center, located on the Hill at Covel Commons, offers resources for students seeking scholarship opportunities. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)


UCLA computer science community to hold town hall seeking coursework changes

Computer science students, frustrated with the department’s lack of practical classes, are asking faculty to create coursework that better prepares them for their careers. UCLA’s chapter of Association for Computing Machinery, a student-run organization, Upsilon Pi Epsilon and the UCLA computer science department are holding a computer science town hall Feb. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s chapter of Association for Computing Machinery, a student-run organization, Upsilon Pi Epsilon and the UCLA computer science department are holding a computer science town hall Feb. 20 to discuss students’ concerns about a lack of practicality in the department’s courses. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Westwood Forward endorses The Agora citing potential as affordable student housing

A student coalition endorsed a high-rise housing project in Westwood in response to various community organizations that have opposed the development. The Westwood Forward student leadership committee endorsed The Agora housing development, a proposed 16-story apartment complex on Hilgard Avenue, at their meeting Jan. Read more...

Photo: The Agora is a proposed 16-story high-rise apartment complex on Hilgard Avenue. Westwood Forward, a coalition of students and Westwood stakeholders, announced their support of the housing project last week. (Courtesy of Aaron Green)



School of Medicine receives $15.2M gift from estate of comedian Garry Shandling

The David Geffen School of Medicine received $15.2 million to further its research, according to a university press release. Garry Shandling, a comedian, actor and previous patient at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, died March 2016 and left $15.2 million from his estate to expand research in the division of endocrinology, diabetes and hypertension; the division of infectious diseases; and the UCLA Agi Hirshberg Center for Pancreatic Diseases. Read more...

Photo: Garry Shandling, a comedian, actor and previous patient at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, died March 2016 and left $15.2 million to expand research in units such as the division of endocrinology, diabetes and hypertension. (Daily Bruin file photo)