Dr. Steven Dubinett, who has served as the interim dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine since 2021, was named as the school’s permanent dean Monday.

Students, faculty and staff expressed support for new gender-inclusive guidelines for blood donation but noted they may have limited efficacy.
The United States Food and Drug Administration announced May 11 it will implement new guidance that will allow men who have sex with men to donate blood without a deferral period for the first time since 1985.

This post was updated June 1 at 4:04 p.m..
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health announced it will offer a new master’s degree in data science in health.

The UC announced May 16 that students and employees will soon be allowed to opt out of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate entirely.
The change came after the United States Department of Health and Human Services announced that the federal COVID-19 public health emergency would end May 11.

Former men’s basketball player Myles Johnson will be the student speaker at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science’s graduate student commencement.
Johnson, who graduated in March with a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering, announced in a tweet Monday that he will be speaking at the ceremony, which will be held June 18 at 1:30 p.m.

This post was updated May 14 at 9:36 p.m.
The David Geffen School of Medicine ranked 10th in primary care and tied in 18th for research in a 2023-2024 ranking of medical schools nationwide by U.S.

Nicole Onyeagoro nearly cried when she found out last month that her cousin had been admitted to UCLA. It wasn’t a relief just for the first-year biology student, either.

The UCLA Labor Center hosted a homecoming celebration Friday afternoon to commemorate former project director and current state Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas’ recent election to the California state Senate and honor her legacy.

This post was updated March 9 at 3:38 p.m.
UCLA experts said recently proposed revisions to blood donation restrictions for men who have sex with men are a step in the right direction, but that more could be done.

Researchers from UCLA and other institutions found that scientists of color have been consistently and disproportionately underfunded for years by the National Science Foundation, a leading grant-making institution.