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.

Girls Into VC celebrated International Women’s Day with a women-led startups and venture capital summit Saturday.
The summit invited students from UCLA and across California to hear from leaders in venture capitalism.

UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science was selected as the home for the new Center for Education of Microchip Designers.
The center was federally funded by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, which was enacted by the Biden-Harris administration.

Los Angeles County residents are in the process of electing five LA Superior Court judges. 
George Turner Jr. is leading for Office No. 39 with 56.33% of the vote.

This post was updated Oct. 20 at 11:49 p.m.
David Geffen School of Medicine hosted its inaugural Medical Education Day on Oct. 8.
The event was attended by educators, students and faculty and was inspired by previous retreats for the Medical Education Committee and the Clerkship Curriculum Committee, a DGSOM spokesperson said.

Bruin Entrepreneurs gave students an opportunity to pitch their startup ideas at its 1000 Pitches event May 29.
Bruin Entrepreneurs hosted its annual event for students to present their ideas to investors and fellow students in the De Neve Plaza Rooms.

“Climate change is a hoax.” “The earth is flat.” “Vaccines have microchips in them.”
These beliefs persist despite having been widely rejected by scientists. During the COVID-19 pandemic, some conservative politicians promoted the use of the drug ivermectin, which is used to kill parasites, as a cure for the virus – even though the United States Food and Drug Administration did not authorize its use and the National Institutes of Health explicitly advised against it.

The sole candidate for the Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs commissioner attended a debate Thursday. 
The Elections Board and the Daily Bruin co-hosted a series of debates between candidates in the upcoming USAC election.

For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine encampment, see here.
This is an ongoing story and will be updated.

A team of researchers from around the country found that limiting in-person visits for medical students pursuing vascular surgery only until after they had ranked their residencies could reduce the effects of economic inequities.