Every time, it’s too close to home. Until it is your home. Last week, it was UCLA’s turn – yet again. A gunman opened fire April 28 in a Poway, California, synagogue during its final Passover celebrations. Two men and an 8-year-old girl were wounded. One woman, Lori Gilbert-Kaye, was killed when she jumped in […]
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Recent UCLA immunization policy change affects communication on measles outbreak
Yu Hong Hwang is vaccinated against measles. The fourth-year materials engineering student said the immunization records he sent to UCLA before coming to campus should have proved that. However, last week he received two messages from the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center requesting his records and asking him to quarantine himself if he […]
Editorial: UCLA bungles response to campus measles outbreak, putting students at risk
The county public health office calls and says your campus of more than 100,000 might be the site of infection for a disease that can result in pneumonia, brain damage, deafness and death. So you do what all seasoned administrators would: pull out your phone, text students about self-quarantining and hope they don’t take you […]
Societal expectations, familial preferences worsen girls’ performances in STEM
Parents’ preference for boys may negatively impact their daughters’ test scores, according to a recent study. Researchers from UCLA, Northwestern University and the London School of Economics found American families prefer the birth of boys over girls, which in turn lowers girls’ test scores in math and science. Girls who were born into a family […]
UCLA researchers invent new technology to improve prostate cancer diagnoses
UCLA researchers developed a machine learning algorithm to aid radiologists in diagnosing prostate cancer. Ruiming Cao, a graduate student in computer science, was the main developer of FocalNet, an artificial intelligence system which uses data from magnetic resonance imaging to detect and assess prostate cancer. Steven Raman, a radiologist and a senior author of the […]
Editorial: Election tragicomedy shows wholesale failure of USAC, election and judicial boards
There’s a point when tragedy turns to comedy. The upcoming undergraduate student government election has people falling to the floor in laughter. In less than a week, the campus will be graced with leaflets, bright-colored custom T-shirts and an abnormal number of happy faces on Bruin Walk. Currently featured on the ballot: 11 uncontested positions […]
Op-ed: STEM students are subject to arbitrarily harsh, mentally taxing grading schemes
As soon as a grueling STEM test ends, I always think to myself how everyone did on the exam. Did everyone score high or did everyone score low? Most importantly, will I beat the curve? Compare that to how I thought about my communication class: My A-quality speech is an A-quality speech. On the other […]