Calibrated Peer Review program ineffective according to students

Austin Tedman read his classmate’s essay carefully and began meticulously grading the paper. Although the program doesn’t require it, he typed out a carefully worded justification for each one of his assessments. Then, the program crashed. He tried again, reconstructing his previous responses to assure his grades were fair and thorough. The program crashed a […]

Sky is not the limit for UCLA student-built satellite nine years in the making

A satellite built by 250 UCLA undergraduate students over the course of nine years successfully launched into orbit Saturday morning. The Electron Losses and Fields Investigation is the first satellite built and operated entirely at UCLA. The program is currently made up of around 40 undergraduate students, who designed, manufactured, and tested the satellite, and […]

UCLA fraternities have one year to ban hard liquor

Many UCLA fraternities will have one year to ban hard liquor from their events and houses due to a national ban passed at this year’s North-American Interfraternity Conference. The ban requires fraternities such as Alpha Epsilon Pi, Beta Theta Pi and Delta Lambda Phi to prohibit drinks with an alcohol content over 15 percent by […]

UCLA researchers say coverage of pharmacy vaccines could curb disease spread

UCLA researchers found that requiring health insurers to cover adult vaccinations at pharmacies could prevent unnecessary deaths from diseases such as influenza, pneumonia and HPV, according to a study published Thursday. Despite California’s efforts to expand health care, its adult vaccination rates are far lower than the federally recommended level, according to the study. California’s […]

Ethnomusicology department adds an interdisciplinary global jazz studies major

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will offer a new major called global jazz studies to undergraduate students in fall. Global jazz studies will be one of four majors in the school of music’s undergraduate program. Although a jazz studies concentration founded in 1996 by jazz icon Kenny Burrell already exists, the new major […]

UCLA Health hospitals maintain 29-year run of high rankings in annual report

UCLA Health hospitals were ranked No. 7 in the nation by a U.S. News & World Report ranking released Tuesday. The report also ranked UCLA Health No. 1 in Los Angeles and No. 2 in California. The rankings are part of an annual report that analyzes statistics from 4,500 hospitals and ranks the top 50. […]

UCLA receives $9.3M grant to be used to provide free prostate cancer treatment

UCLA doctors received $9.3 million to help reduce the cost of prostate cancer treatment across California. The state of California awarded the grant to doctors in the UCLA urology department last week. The money will be used over the next three years to fund the Improving Access, Counseling and Treatment for Californians program, an organization […]