UCLA announced Friday that Jayathi Murthy will be the new dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science starting Jan. 1, 2016. Daily Bruin reporter Chandini Soni spoke with Murthy, who is currently the chair of the mechanical engineering department at the University of Texas at Austin, about her plans as dean […]
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Four UCLA-led research projects awarded $1.7 million from UC MRPI
Four UCLA-led projects won a total of $1.7 million in research grants Monday for work that involves collaboration between University of California campuses. UCLA professors won the grant from the UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives competition, which gives funding to researchers who are leading a project that involves a minimum of three campuses, or […]
UC-operated Lick Observatory receives $1M donation from Google
Google announced Tuesday that it gave a $1 million gift to the University of California’s Lick Observatory to support the observatory’s research and academic mission. The donation, which will be split into two $500,000 allocations, will add to the observatory’s $1.5 million annual allocation from the UC Office of the President. The money will be […]
UCLA researchers develop chip that can extract cancer cells from blood
UCLA scientists at the California NanoSystems Institute have developed a more efficient and cost-effective method to extract and analyze cancer cells from a patient’s blood. The NanoVelcro Chip, which is about the size of a postage stamp, contains wires 1,000 times thinner than a human hair. These tiny wires are coated with antibodies that recognize […]
New dean announced for School of Engineering and Applied Science
UCLA announced Friday the new dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science who will begin her term next January. Jayathi Murthy, who is currently the chair and a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, will become the new dean effective Jan. 1, 2016 when she joins […]
Anthem cybersecurity breach may impact students with UC SHIP
Students who have university health insurance may have had their personal information compromised after it was announced Wednesday that hackers breached the computer system of Anthem Inc. Anthem provides insurance coverage for the University of California Students Health Insurance Program. UCLA students are automatically enrolled in UC SHIP but may choose to waive it. About […]
UCLA-led Dawn mission to explore possibility of water on asteriod
The spacecraft Dawn is finally reaching the end of its four-year journey toward the dwarf planet Ceres as part of a NASA project led by UCLA researchers. After passing through the last of the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars, the spacecraft will capture high-resolution images to investigate how the solar system formed and how […]