Campus
May 9, 2021 1:33 p.m.UCLA’s medical school received the second-highest funding nationally among academic medical centers in 2020 from the National Institutes of Health.
According to a UCLA Health press release, the David Geffen School of Medicine received around $590 million in grants from the NIH last year.
By Natalie Agnew
Beach Volleyball
May 9, 2021 1:02 p.m.
Graduate student Savvy Simo (pictured) and her partner freshman Lexy Denaburg fell on court one in straight sets in Simo’s last match with UCLA beach volleyball. (Jefferson Alade/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 9 at 6:24 p.m.
The Bruins’ quest for a third consecutive national championship came to an end at the hands of their crosstown rivals.
By Jeffrey Fenn
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Campus
May 7, 2021 2:13 p.m.Current graduating students will be permitted two guests to accompany them at their in-person spring commencement ceremony, UCLA announced in a campuswide email Friday.
Following the continued decline of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County and recent decisions made by county public health officials, the university will be holding outdoor processions for commencement at Drake Stadium, said Monroe Gorden, vice chancellor for student affairs, in the statement.
By Constanza Montemayor
National
May 7, 2021 9:48 a.m.UCLA was ranked No. 5 nationally in the QS Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings: USA report released Wednesday.
This year is the second year that QS, an analytics organization in global higher education, ranked more than 350 of the top universities in the United States.
By Christine Tran
