Campus
April 13, 2021 9:05 p.m.The Daily Bruin received more than a dozen honors in a regional journalism competition Tuesday.
The Society of Professional Journalists announced winners of its Mark of Excellence Region 11 competition, which considers collegiate reporting from Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada and the Northern Mariana Islands.
The Bruin received six first-place Mark of Excellence awards and was a finalist in nine other categories.
By Hyeyoon (Alyssa) Choi
Academics
April 13, 2021 5:10 p.m.UCLA researchers were awarded two grants totaling $6 million to further pancreatic cancer therapy research.
The National Institutes of Health gave the grants to two research projects at UCLA that investigate the possible side effects and efficacy of promising pancreatic cancer drugs in February.
By Phoebe Chen
Campus
April 13, 2021 6:36 p.m.
Undergraduate and graduate students of the class of 2021 will be able to sign up for an in-person commemoration in the spring, Chancellor Gene Block announced Tuesday. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated April 14 at 12:19 a.m.
UCLA is planning to host in-person commemorations for the class of 2021 in the spring, Chancellor Gene Block announced Tuesday.
By Bernard Mendez and Jamie Jiang
Features
April 13, 2021 3:10 p.m.Melissa Ponce spent the day before her 13th birthday in the hospital.
It was Valentine’s Day, just one day before she officially became a teenager, but Melissa was confined by the walls of a hospital room for the fifth consecutive day.
By Sam Settleman
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The Quad
April 9, 2021 9:59 p.m.This post was updated April 11 at 8:05 p.m.
While this nation has been fighting off a yearlong battle with the COVID-19 pandemic, it also has been battling the pervasive hate targeting the Asian American community during the pandemic.
By Hanna Chea
