The California Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that the University of California Board of Regents is not liable for damages after losing an external hard drive with medical patients’ information, since there is no evidence that the missing data was accessed or misused. Read more...
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October 16, 6:29 pm
Case against UC Board of Regents to be dismissed
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October 7, 1:40 am
Inventathon challenges students to find health care solutions
The clock struck 2 a.m. as groups of students raced through their twelfth straight hour of drawing on windows, crumpling up pieces of scrap paper and brainstorming new healthcare technologies. Read more...
Photo: Students worked on hacking and other activities at the Inventathon on Saturday, hosted by the UCLA Business of Science Center.
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October 4, 2:04 am
CALPIRG event educates students about health care options
A booth of student leaders and community members on Bruin Walk Thursday educated students about their health care options in light of changes to university and national health insurance policies in recent months. Read more...
Photo: First-year marine biology student Julien Kuhn de Chizelle works at a booth on Bruin Walk, informing students about health insurance options.
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October 4, 1:58 am
UCLA professor seeks to break research stereotypes
Rachelle Crosbie-Watson tries to live her life as an experiment. Whether it is throwing out her teaching plans, motorcycling across the Texas Hill Country or dyeing her hair pink, the UCLA professor is constantly looking for opportunities to try something new. Read more...
Photo: Professor Rachelle Crosbie-Watson likes to experiment – even with her hair.
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September 27, 3:46 pm
Five UC medical campuses partner to open center, receive grant
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute gave five University of California medical campuses a $12 million grant to launch a Center for Accelerated Innovations, according to a university press release on Thursday. Read more...
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September 27, 1:32 am
UCLA team invents microscope attachment for cell phones
Between calling, texting and updating social media, people will soon be able to use their cell phones as a microscope powerful enough to detect viruses. Read more...
Photo: Aydogan Ozcan, a professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering, helped create a microscope that can be attached to a cell phone to take images of single viruses.
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September 26, 3:22 am
Construction begins on UCLA medical teaching and learning center
Construction for a new $120 million teaching center at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine began Wednesday with a groundbreaking ceremony. The Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences will open in 2016 on the corner of Tiverton Drive and Le Conte Avenue. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Gene Block was among the university officials who ceremoniously broke ground on a new medical school building Wednesday.