Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of UCLA’s Disability Studies program, the Disability as Spectacle conference in the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center engaged scholars and artists in conversation about the representation of disabilities in media and literature. Read more...
Photo: (Dean Hughes/Daily Bruin)
Elaborate drawings of different parts of the brain covered the chalkboard of Arnold “Arne” Scheibel’s graduate neuroanatomy courses. For more than 50 years, Scheibel shared with students his love for both art and science through his classes. Read more...
Photo: Arnold Scheibel was a professor of neurobiology and psychiatry in the David Geffen School of Medicine and popular among his students because of his unique and inclusive ways of teaching. (UCLA Newsroom)
Thousands of scientists, students and citizens marched in the heat from Pershing Square to Los Angeles City Hall, holding signs with science puns, calls for action and protests against President Donald Trump. Read more...
Photo: Thousands of scientists from across Southern California took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles to advocate for more science funding and greater communication between scientists and the public. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Faculty, researchers and students from around Southern California will take to the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday to advocate for science and create better understanding between scientists and the general public. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Illustrations director)
The rise of advanced genetic computing technology has transformed how we study evolution. Broad-platform Evolutionary Analysis General Likelihood Evaluator, a public evolutionary statistics library, allows researchers worldwide to collaborate on public health projects and clinical research at the intersection of biostatistics and evolutionary biology. Read more...
A chemistry equipment facility is working to buy more advanced apparatus after facing criticisms from reviewers of the chemistry department. The Molecular Instrumentation Center was critiqued in a February report of the chemistry and biochemistry department. Read more...
Photo: Ignacio Martini, interim director at the Molecular Instrumentation Center, works with an x-ray photoelectron spectrometer. (Chengcheng Zhang/Daily Bruin)
UCLA will host a symposium on cannabis research as part of an attempt to establish a top cannabis research program on campus. The inaugural UCLA Cannabis Research Symposium, which will be held Thursday, will feature visiting speakers and UCLA faculty, who will discuss the most recent developments in cannabis research. Read more...
Photo: Jeff Chen, co-director of the UCLA Cannabinoid Affinity Group, organized the inaugural UCLA Cannabis Research Symposium and will speak about accelerating cannabis research at the event Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
