Academics
April 13, 2025 11:21 p.m.
Ilan Meyer, a distinguished senior scholar of public policy at the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, receives the Distinguished Research Award in LGBTQ Health at the UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research and Health’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research symposium. The event, which took place March 18, was the center’s second annual symposium. (Vivian Stein/Daily Bruin)
Panelists called for research-informed LGBTQ+ health advocacy at the UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research and Health’s second annual Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research Symposium on March 18.
By Vivian Stein
Academics
April 1, 2025 2:01 p.m.This post was updated April 1 at 11:05 p.m.
Students at the Fielding School of Public Health are told to focus on vulnerable communities.
So teaching a class on Palestine – the site of what the World Health Organization calls an emergency situation – seemed only natural for a group of the school’s students.
By Dylan Winward
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March 14, 2025 9:56 p.m.Speech Club aims to help students build skills, confidence in public speaking
Forget spiders, snakes or heights – for some, public speaking is the most frightening thing of all.
Founded this fall, Speech Team @UCLA provides UCLA students with the opportunity to strengthen their speaking skills, said Ernesto Perez, a team membership co-president of Speech Club.
By Laura Truong and Kate Nidome
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March 13, 2025 11:03 p.m.Melanin and Medicine seeks to open doors, community for pre-health Black students
Melanin and Medicine began in 2019 as a way for Black students at UCLA pursuing health care careers to support each other.
But the club quickly expanded its mission – evolving into a nonprofit organization with the mission of supporting Black pre-health students and the greater Los Angeles community, said Laila Harris, the group’s chair of cardiology and assistant project service director.
By Patrick Woodham and Yashila Suresh
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March 13, 2025 7:44 p.m.Students, ASUCLA offer input on online textbook service Bruin One Access
Students have been able to receive their textbooks on a subscription basis since fall 2024.
The Bruin One Access program, administered by ASUCLA, allows students to access their required course materials for $129 per quarter.
By Anthony Folsom II
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March 12, 2025 10:18 p.m.Fiat Lux seminar explores implications for mistrust in health care systems
A UCLA Fiat Lux seminar examines how misinformation takes root in media, conspiracy theories and public distrust in health care.
“The Anatomy of Deception,” offered during winter quarter, examines misinformation in media, conspiracy theories and distrust in health care.
By Nithya Tolety
Academics
March 10, 2025 6:56 p.m.Celine Parreñas Shimizu to become dean of School of Theater, Film and Television
A UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumnus will soon lead the school.
Celine Parreñas Shimizu, the dean of the Division of Arts at UC Santa Cruz, will begin her tenure as dean of TFT at UCLA on July 1, according to a Thursday announcement from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt.
By Akshaj Mehta
Academics
March 7, 2025 9:18 p.m.Medical study finds no difference in patient success outcomes for MDs, DOs
This post was updated March 9 at 9:44 p.m.
A UCLA-led comparative study, using data from hospitals, concluded that the surgical program a doctor chooses produces no significant differences in career surgical outcomes performed by allopathic and osteopathic surgeons.
By Jiyoon Choi
Academics
March 5, 2025 11:30 p.m.Bill AB 1825 declares bans on books of diverse perspectives illegal in California
A California law making book bans illegal went into effect Jan. 1.
The bill, authored by Al Muratsuchi who represents California’s 66th Assembly District, requires state-funded public libraries to create a publicly accessible policy that outlines the selection and removal of books, as well as a process for patrons to contest the library material.
By Miu Kikuchi
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