The Bruins will say goodbye to another long-term coach. UCLA swimming and diving coach Cyndi Gallagher has announced that she will be retiring after 31 years as head coach, and 38 years total as a Bruin. Gallagher came to UCLA first as a student-athlete, graduating in 1983. Gallagher set multiple school records during her time […]
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Study finds discrepancy in dialysis costs between private, government insurers
UCLA researchers found private insurers covering dialysis patients paid four times as much as government insurance programs for treatments, according to a study released Monday. The study, authored by researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine and the Fielding School of Public Health, said government insurance programs pay an average of $248 per dialysis […]
Editorial: UCLA Athletics’ deficiencies affect future of athletes, reputation of university
2019 has not been kind to UCLA Athletics. The department has been surrounded by federal investigations and fallout from the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, a hectic search for a new men’s basketball head coach, backlash from students for the announcement of a new athlete-only academic center and revelations that it admitted subpar players if […]
Op-ed: UCLA, LA health officials effectively collaborated to prevent spread of measles
The Daily Bruin’s recent editorial criticizing the university’s response to a measles outbreak not only mischaracterized UCLA’s actions, but did not include all of the facts. This was a complex operation that involved an array of UCLA departments and units, as well as Los Angeles County public health officials. We feel it is important to […]
Editorial: Denove response shows a UCLA more concerned with protecting reputation than community
UCLA’s public relations strategy usually has a poetic irony: The more egregious the problem, the more ridiculous the response. This time, though, the doubling down took a dark turn. Last week, the Daily Bruin was tipped about how Thomas Denove, a professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, was charged with […]
UCLA team receives grant to research financial motivators to quit smoking
A UCLA-led team of researchers received $3.4 million to find ways of financially incentivizing people to quit smoking, a university press release announced Friday. The National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse, which aims to promote research on drug use and its impact on public health, awarded researchers a five-year grant to study […]
USAC sees lowest voter turnout in over a decade, cites publicity issues
Student government voter turnout dropped to its lowest point in at least 11 years. Only 16.18% of students voted in the 2019 Undergraduate Students Association Council election last week. Sixteen candidates ran for 12 positions, less than half of the number of candidates that ran in the 2018 election. Voter turnout dropped about 10% from […]