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April 15, 2025 11:41 p.m.
The panel for Luskin Day at City Hall is pictured. The Los Angeles City Council honored graduate students at the Luskin School of Public Affairs on Friday for the annual event. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin)
The Los Angeles City Council honored graduate students at the Luskin School of Public Affairs on Friday for their studies in public policy, urban planning and social welfare.
By Alexis Muchnik and Maggie Konecky
Academics
April 13, 2025 11:21 p.m.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
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March 28, 2025 10:21 p.m.UC Regents committee reviews educational support for transfer, disabled students
The UC Board of Regents discussed cross-campus educational initiatives and support for disabled students at a March 19 meeting.
The board held its bimonthly meeting March 18 to March 20 at UCLA.
By Josephine Murphy
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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
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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
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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
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