Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Is time a concept that the human mind can comprehend? Read more...
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June 4, 12:59 pm
Campus Queries: What environmental factors are linked to the coronavirus pandemic?
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Is there a link between environmental issues and the COVID-19 pandemic? Read more...
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May 28, 1:28 am
First student case of COVID-19 on the Hill is confirmed
This post was updated May 29 at 4:41 p.m. A student living on the Hill has been diagnosed with COVID-19, UCLA officials reported Wednesday. The student has been self-isolating since May 20 but did not share a common living area with other students, according to UCLA Newsroom. Read more...
Photo: UCLA reported its first case of COVID-19 on the Hill on Wednesday. The student with the disease has been self-isolating since May 20, and has not been sharing common living areas with other students. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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May 27, 5:53 pm
UCLA doctors report pandemic’s effects on brain for those with, without COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic will have psychological and pathological effects on the brains of patients and the public, according to UCLA doctors. While COVID-19 patients could potentially develop neurological symptoms because of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for causing the disease, those without the disease may also be experiencing neurological effects, such as increased sleep disruption and vivid dreams, because of the psychological impacts of the lockdown. Read more...
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May 25, 6:16 pm
UC Regents Investments Committee announces full divestment from fossil fuels
The University of California Board of Regents Investments Committee announced Tuesday it has completely divested from fossil fuels. This divestment affects approximately $125 billion worth of assets, said Jagdeep Bachher, chief investment officer and vice president of investments, during the UC Investments Committee meeting. Read more...
Photo: UC Board of Regents Investments Committee announced Tuesday it’s endowment, pension and working capital pools have completely divested from fossil fuels. This decision took financial and environmental concerns into consideration. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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May 21, 9:25 pm
UCLA team compiles coronavirus-related data, creates statistical modeling tool
A UCLA professor and students created an artificial intelligence-based tool to collect and correlate data related to the COVID-19 pandemic easily. Majid Sarrafzadeh, a computer science professor who specializes in health analytics, created the tool Olivia to reduce the difficulty of generating models and understanding data science. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA computer science professor and a group of students created an artificial intelligence tool that can be used to simplify data collection and the modeling of COVID-19 data. This was done with the aim of making data science more accessible to any user. (Screen capture by Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin)
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May 21, 4:40 pm
Epidemiology adjunct professor helps China develop, implement COVID-19 response
A UCLA professor helped control China’s COVID-19 epidemic when it first emerged, but he worries about rising global COVID-19 cases. Zunyou Wu, an adjunct professor of epidemiology in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was among the first scientists to study SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, when it first surfaced in Wuhan, China, in late December. Read more...
Photo: Zunyou Wu, an adjunct professor of epidemiology in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was a key figure in China’s fight against COVID-19 and helped control its spread. (Courtesy of Zunyou Wu)