The UCLA Anderson School of Management received an $11 million donation from James Easton to promote education in research and technology leadership, officials announced Thursday. The donation will allow the school to officially expand the Easton Technology Leadership Program into a center for the School of Management to develop relationships with technology industries, said Guillaume Roels, an associate professor at the school and the new center’s faculty director. Read more...
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June 15, 4:35 pm
UCLA alum donates $11M for technology management center
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June 9, 3:47 pm
UCLA cancer center receives $1M donation from Revlon
Revlon donated $1 million to the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, in honor of UCLA women’s cancer researcher Dennis Slamon, Revlon’s CEO Lorenzo Delpani announced in a press release Friday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA cancer researcher Dennis Slamon accepts a $1 million donation by Revlon ambassador Halle Berry and CEO Lorenzo Delpani. (Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center)
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June 8, 12:00 am
Q&A: Professor describes discrepancies found in another Michael LaCour study
Amid the recent controversy surrounding UCLA political science graduate student Michael LaCour, a professor at Emory University reported similar discrepancies for another one of LaCour’s studies. Read more...
Photo: Gregory Martin, a political science professor at Emory University, attempted to replicate the results of a study published by Michael LaCour in 2014. (Courtesy of Gregory Martin)
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June 7, 9:42 pm
UCLA researchers seek to influence policy change across diverse fields
UCLA professors, students and workers publish many papers and reports each year about research in fields that help shape government policy, health care systems and technology. Read more...
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June 2, 8:34 pm
UCLA Operation Mend awarded $15.7M to expand services for veterans
The Wounded Warrior Project announced a $15.7 million grant Tuesday for UCLA Health’s Operation Mend, a treatment program for wounded veterans and their families. Melanie Gideon, director of Operation Mend, said the money will be granted in installments of $5 million per year over the next three years. Read more...
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June 1, 2:05 am
UCLA study reports efficient way to evaluate organ donations
A UCLA study released Thursday indicated a device attachable to fingers of organ donors who are brain dead can determine the functionality of their liver by detecting the amount of a drug remaining in the bloodstream. Read more...
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May 29, 9:17 am
All of Us holds vigil to fight stigma of suicide, mental health
Nicole Moreland lost two friends to suicide during her four years at UCLA. One was Sam Oliver, a fourth-year economics student who died from an apparent suicide in December. Read more...
Photo: Rachel Feldman, a fourth-year psychobiology student and one of the campaign managers for All of Us, led a vigil Thursday night to remember those who committed suicide as part of Mental Health Awareness Month. (Julie Song/Daily Bruin)