The Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA received the highest honor for nursing in the country, according to a university press release. The Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital was designated as a Magnet organization by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The Magnet designation is awarded to health care organizations to recognize their merits in nursing […]
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BruinCard functions to be suspended for a day due to system updates
Students will not be able to use several BruinCard functions later this month for one day due to system updates. The BruinCard service interruption will begin during spring break on March 25 at 5 a.m. and is expected to last until the end of the day, according to an email sent to UCLA students. Students […]
Study affirms new cancer treatment as effective, favorable to long-term therapy
UCLA physicians confirmed the efficacy of an unconventional therapy for prostate cancer that significantly reduces the number of required radiotherapy treatments. In a study published in early February, researchers revealed shorter radiotherapy treatment was just as effective as traditional long-course therapy and created no additional side effects. Researchers pooled data from a large number of […]
UCLA diversity report shows general trend toward increased representation in TV
Women and people of color continue to be left out of Hollywood, but the 2019 Hollywood Diversity Report details the proportional representation that is slowly and steadily underway. Released Feb. 21 by UCLA’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, the report is the sixth in an annual series and examines gender and racial diversity […]
Despite recent cold front, LA is still experiencing trend toward warmer weather
Los Angeles’ climate is getting warmer, not colder, despite snow, lower temperatures and increased precipitation this month. This February has been the coldest in nearly 60 years, with the average temperature in LA this month falling five degrees lower than the normal average. However, Neil Berg, associate director of science at UCLA’s Center for Climate […]
Bruin Tea: Who is the oldest and the youngest student at UCLA?
Quarter system got you down? Have you fallen and can’t get up? Bruin Tea is a series investigating student questions and petty concerns about UCLA. Question: Who is the oldest and the youngest student at UCLA? Michelle Chiang, a third-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student, is the youngest student at UCLA. Chiang turned 17 […]
Immunotherapy drugs seem effective in UCLA trials treating recurrent cancers
UCLA researchers found administering a drug that harnesses the body’s immune system to brain cancer patients both before and after surgery could effectively treat recurrent cancer. In a study published Feb. 11 in Nature Medicine, researchers showed patients who received the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab before and after surgery lived almost twice as long as patients […]