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Sept. 17, 2026 9:40 p.m.
Matthew Lieberman is pictured. Lieberman said he created the Resonance app in 2022 after asking his students about their experiences with loneliness. (Amelia Chief/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA is betting on one professor’s solution to college students’ loneliness crisis.
Resonance, an app created by psychology professor Matthew Lieberman, is partnering with UCLA Student Affairs and Enrollment Management to help users form friendships based on their compatibility.
By Zachery Chagoya
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Sept. 17, 2026 9:30 p.m.UCLA’s new lead fire marshal is working to promote safety on campus ahead of the 2026-27 school year.
Steve McNaughten has worked in fire service for more than 30 years, most recently as a designated campus fire marshal for UC San Francisco.
By Julian Duaybis
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Sept. 9, 2026 9:38 p.m.UCPD received notice of suspected child sex abuse years before childcare teacher’s arrest
This post was updated Sept. 10 at 7:58 a.m.
A 4-year-old student at a UCLA childcare center was reported to child protective services for exhibiting symptoms of sexual abuse in May 2018.
By Natalia Mochernak
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Aug. 30, 2026 11:25 p.m.UCLA researchers help create pendant for early Alzheimer’s, dementia detection
UCLA researchers are partnering with a biotech company to test a wearable pendant that could detect early signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Researchers from the UCLA Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology will conduct a year-long joint study with biotech company BioSensics.
By Emilio Lois
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Aug. 26, 2026 5:16 p.m.ASUCLA locations implement fee for single-use food containers to encourage sustainability
This post was updated Aug. 30 at 11:33 p.m.
Several ASUCLA locations implemented a $1 fee for single-use food containers in June to encourage the use of reusable food containers.
By Sophia Pu
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Aug. 20, 2026 9:53 p.m.Design media arts department draws up 3 new degrees to overwrite original
This post was updated Aug. 23 at 6:18 p.m.
UCLA’s current design media arts major will be split into three new majors starting fall 2027.
The department will offer separate design, games and computational art majors, said Eddo Stern, a design media arts professor.
By Nury Salazar-Ibanez
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Aug. 17, 2026 2:00 p.m.UCLA researcher awarded $250,000 grant to increase AI accessibility
This post was updated Sept. 4 at 3:01 p.m.
A UCLA researcher received a new Amazon computing grant to make multilingual artificial intelligence more accessible.
Saadia Gabriel, an assistant professor of computer science, was awarded $250,000 of compute credits – which provide processing time, memory and storage on online computer hardware – through Amazon’s Build on Trainium grant.
By Kyan Wang
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