A magazine that reports on higher education ranked UCLA the second-best public university in the United States. The Times Higher Education published their World Reputation Rankings for 2018 on Wednesday, which ranked UCLA ninth in the world among 100 universities, an increase from 13th last year. Read more...
Photo: UCLA ranked ninth best university worldwide in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, an increase from 13th last year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Student representatives of the University of California said that while the Board of Regents has improved in diversity in recent years, it still falls short in accessibility to students. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents meets bimonthly to make financial and administrative decisions. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin Assistant photo editor)
UCLA bioengineers developed a device that uses 3D printing technology to create artificial tissue that could be used during transplants. A team of researchers led by Ali Khademhosseini, an engineering professor at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, discovered a technology that can print tissue using multiple materials. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers 3D printed tissue that could be used in implants. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
This post was updated May 29 at 6:39 p.m. A jury found Alberto Medina guilty in the first degree of the 2015 murder of a UCLA student. Read more...
This post was updated May 29 at 9:55 p.m. The undergraduate student government judicial board ordered the election board Tuesday to clearly issue a reasonable sanction for a case in which it found candidates had engaged in voter coercion. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board, led by Chief Justice Nicholas Yu (center), released its decisions from petitions 18-6 and 18-10 Tuesday. (Nathan Smith/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A social science research program at UCLA received a $2.85 million grant to research social problems including homelessness, poverty, crime and education inequality. The Laura and John Arnold Foundation donated a total of $5.5 million to support the California Policy Lab, a research program at UCLA and UC Berkeley which partners with state and local governments to provide scientifically backed solutions to social problems. Read more...
Photo: Till von Wachter, an associate professor of economics, is the faculty director of the California Policy Lab site at UCLA. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. While students may feel discouraged from going out and relaxing during finals week, taking a study break could prevent long-term damage caused by high stress levels, according to research by Rita Effros, a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: (Hanna Rashidi/Daily Bruin contributor)
