Raffi Simonian wanted to give students experience in solving real-world business and technology problems.
That’s why he decided to lead the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges – hands-on projects where student teams try to solve real world issues in fields like data science, marketing, e-commerce and sales – said Simonian, the program’s director.

When Sara Graves wakes up every morning, she hopes the federal grants supporting her climate change research have not been cut.
Graves – a doctoral student in atmospheric and oceanic sciences – works as a researcher at the UCLA Center for Climate Science, where she focuses on water conservation efforts, along with other climate-related research.

A UCLA dermatologist called for urgent reforms to the Los Angeles health care system at a presentation April 23.
Dr. Reza Babapour, a dermatologist and clinical faculty member at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, spoke at the event, which was co-hosted by pre-health student organizations, including Community Medicine in LA, Iranian Medical Society, LA Health Volunteers and Bruins Public Health.

This post was updated March 30 at 8:55 p.m.
Kasie Yang was going about her usual day when she felt a sensation creeping in – one that manifested into a throbbing pain in her forehead.

UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health faculty shared their thoughts on Chancellor Julio Frenk’s public health impact.
Before becoming UCLA’s seventh chancellor Jan. 2, Frenk was Mexico’s secretary of health and dean of the Harvard T.H.

As multiple wildfires burned in Los Angeles County, Kyle Jeong came back to his dorm to find his roommate switching between computer tabs.
As he left UCLA to return home, Jeong had an idea – a single website for the Bruin community to stay updated.

This post was updated Oct. 16 at 12:17 a.m.
Drake Chang, UCLA’s chief information security officer, sat down with Daily Bruin contributor Catherine Wang to discuss his team’s October campaign for Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

This post was updated Sept. 16 at 1:38 p.m.
Dr. Joshua Khalili, an internal medicine physician for the UCLA Health Extensivist Program, sat down with Daily Bruin contributor Catherine Wang to discuss his plans after being appointed as director of physician wellness and associate chief wellness officer for the UCLA Department of Medicine.

This post was updated May 28 at 5:22 p.m.
The next time a person searches the internet to research native plants or local dialects, they may encounter Wikipedia articles edited by UCLA students.

This post was updated May 21 at 10:29 p.m.
Researchers from UCLA and Northwestern University found that sibling support can act as an external motivator for Latino sexual minority men to take HIV prevention measures.