Acker is Copy senior staff and a News contributor. She was previously a 2025-26 slot editor. Acker is a third-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student from Los Angeles.
Acker is Copy senior staff and a News contributor. She was previously a 2025-26 slot editor. Acker is a third-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student from Los Angeles.
A Closer Look
July 15, 2026 1:43 p.m.At Kesem at UCLA, children impacted by family cancer discover community, connection
This post was updated July 20 at 12:33 a.m.
A free, student-run summer camp is fostering community and support for children who have lived with a parent or caregiver with cancer.
By Sophie Acker
International
June 6, 2026 10:44 p.m.PCOS is now PMOS. What does this mean for the condition?
Polycystic ovary syndrome was renamed to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome to better represent the condition and its symptoms, UCLA health professionals said.
Scientists announced the name change May 12 at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Prague, and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine endorsed the switch to PMOS May 27.
By Sophie Acker
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