This article was updated May 3 at 12:25 p.m. Westwood bars have been serving more UCLA students following a recent alcohol ban at fraternity parties. The Interfraternity Council banned UCLA fraternities indefinitely from hosting in-house parties with alcohol on Jan. 16. The ban followed an alleged sexual assault that took place in the North Village […]
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Student’s foundation promotes educational opportunities in South Africa
Luke Mostert balances managing his college coursework with managing a scholarship foundation nine time zones away in South Africa. Mostert is the founder and president of the Litoro Foundation, which provides educational scholarships to low-income students in South Africa. A third-year political science student from South Africa, he also previously developed a company that makes […]
Students of color celebrate MLK, identities with speeches, poetry
At an event Wednesday night, students commemorated Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy by delivering speeches that alluded to King’s final speech. UCLA Residential Life, the Afrikan Student Union and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. hosted the 30th Annual MLK Oratorical Competition to kick off Black History month. The event featured seven student speakers who were […]
Prostate cancer researchers receive grant, continue tech development
Two UCLA researchers received a $3.1 million grant to develop a new technology to treat prostate cancer. The National Institutes of Health awarded a grant to Leonard Marks, a professor of urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Shyam Natarajan, an adjunct assistant professor of urology, surgery and bioengineering at the […]
UCLA researchers determine atomic structure of defective prions
UCLA researchers have determined the atomic structure of part of a protein that causes certain neurodegenerative diseases. In a study published earlier in January, researchers in the lab of Jose Rodriguez, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, determined the structure of a segment of prion, a protein that causes diseases such as mad cow disease, […]
UCLA Health provides at-home colon cancer screening kits to patients
UCLA Health is collaborating with marketing experts to incentivize patients to screen themselves at home for cancer. Starting in May, UCLA Health, with the help of researchers at the Anderson School of Management, provided custom letters with take-home colorectal cancer screening kits to encourage patients to use them. The letters have increased the amount of […]
UC startup contest finalist hopes to connect research papers through AI
A UCLA alumnus is using artificial intelligence to help researchers accelerate the process of going through research papers. Jude Calvillo, who graduated from UCLA in 2008 and co-founded Hyperthesis, was named one of the finalists in the University of California’s “I am a UC Entrepreneur” contest Jan. 16. Hyperthesis uses artificial intelligence technology to collect […]