UCLA researchers are using microscopic carbon molecules for medical procedures and experiments ranging from cancer drug delivery to root canals. These microscopic carbon molecules, known as nanodiamonds, are five nanometers in diameter and shaped like soccer balls with sharper edges, said Dean Ho, a professor in the School of Dentistry. Ho, who has researched the […]
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State bill to offer nonbinary gender option for identification documents
Third-year gender studies and biology student Rachel Russell does not come out as nonbinary to everyone they meet because many people do not respect their gender identity. “I tell everybody what my pronouns are and people don’t use that,” they said. However, Russell said they think a new California law allowing driver’s licenses and birth […]
Students claim to be incorrectly charged by UCLA Housing
Several students living on the Hill are complaining that UCLA Housing charged them for tampering with red emergency sanitation bags they claim they never touched. Marcella Pensamiento, a second-year political science and economics student, voiced her concerns at the All Hill Town Hall meeting Wednesday night, during which students living on the Hill gave feedback […]
UCLA updates policy to remove student addresses from directory
UCLA is updating its student records policy to remove student addresses from the campus directory, university officials announced Monday. The Registrar’s Office announced in a campuswide email it will update UCLA Policy 220, which concerns student records disclosures, in accordance with a University of California policy change last month. The UC removed both local and […]
Vending machine with safe sex, health products installed in Ackerman
Students will now be able to access a vending machine on campus that provides birth control products, condoms and school supplies. Associated Students UCLA and the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center partnered with UCLA Vending Services to install the vending machine in Ackerman A-Level on Thursday. The main goal of the machine is […]
Alum works in Sen. Kamala Harris’ office as director of constituent services
Daniel Chen once helped a Vietnamese woman provide a life-saving stem cell transplant for her sister. Chen helped the woman obtain humanitarian parole so she could travel to the United States and complete the transplant for her 61-year-old sister. Her family had previously applied for a visa and been rejected three times, but Chen’s constituent […]
Q&A: Jerry Kang talks importance of having freedom of speech on campus
The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion kicked off Free Speech 101: UCLA’s Week on Freedom of Speech this week with events examining the specifics of free speech and the importance of freedom of expression. The Daily Bruin’s Ryan Leou sat down with Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Jerry Kang to discuss the […]