Los Angeles
March 18, 2026 2:25 p.m.
Michael Cohen, the chair of the UC Board of Regent’s finance and capital strategies committee, is pictured. The UC Board of Regents approved a $298.2 million budget to convert a Los Angeles building into a UCLA Health complex during the committee’s Wednesday meeting. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UC Board of Regents approved a $298.2 million budget Wednesday to convert a Los Angeles building into a UCLA Health complex.
The project will convert an office building in El Segundo into UCLA Health South Bay, which will house a Sports Medicine Institute and create community fill and specialty pharmacies.
By Josephine Murphy
A Closer Look
March 15, 2026 6:57 p.m.Dr. Julio Meza lost two family members to addiction-related illnesses when he was a child.
Now, as a UCLA Health physician, he leads a program providing doctors with addiction-specific training.
By Zoe Wolfers
A Closer Look
March 9, 2026 7:56 p.m.Student Wellness Commission hosts cultural showcase ‘Joy as Resistance’
Students gathered on Feb. 27 to watch campus cultural groups perform at an event hosted by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Student Wellness Commission.
Student Wellness Commissioner Hannah Yip hosted “Joy as Resistance” – a cultural showcase highlighting music and dance from cultural student organizations – in Carnesale Commons from 5 to 7 p.m.
By Nicholas Mouchawar
A Closer Look
March 7, 2026 10:00 p.m.Professor Alex Wang discusses China, climate action at UCLA Law event
Law professor Alex Wang credited China for its advancements in green technology but criticized its shortcomings in ecological protection at a book talk Wednesday.
The talk was divided between Wang’s explanation of his book titled “Chinese Global Environmentalism” and a conversation between him and Mary Nichols, the former chair of the California Air Resources Board.
By Charlie Hamilton
A Closer Look
March 5, 2026 12:23 a.m.UCLA’s Society of Women Engineers and Phi Lambda Rho host “Write 4 Rights” event
The Society of Women Engineers at UCLA and Phi Lambda Rho encouraged members to stand up for immigrant rights and celebrate Hispanic culture at a Feb.
By Charlie Hamilton and Shaun Thomas
National
March 3, 2026 7:34 p.m.UCLA advocates react to Trump administration’s anti-transgender demands
The Trump administration asked the UC in August 2025 to implement anti-transgender policies at UCLA to regain its suspended federal research funding. The University did not accept them.
By Lilly Leonhardt
A Closer Look
March 3, 2026 7:15 p.m.Q&A: Kay Chung, UCLA dental student and TikTok content creator, reflects on her journey
This post was updated March 4 at 12:07 a.m.
Kay Chung, a TikTok content creator and fourth-year dental student at the UCLA School of Dentistry, sat down with science and health contributor Maanasi Kademani to discuss her academic journey and her experience documenting it on social media.
By Maanasi Kademani
News
March 3, 2026 7:01 p.m.UCLA School of Engineering hosts celebration of life in honor of Ioanna Kakoulli
This post was updated March 6 at 12:09 a.m.
The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science held a celebration of life Feb. 19 in honor of Ioanna Kakoulli, a professor of materials science and engineering, who died Jan.
By Kyan Wang
California
Feb. 27, 2026 9:28 p.m.Senate Bill 607 aims to authorize AI as research concentration at Cal ISIs
A state senator introduced a bill last month to formally recognize artificial intelligence as a research concentration at UC research institutes.
If passed, Senate Bill 607 would allow one of the four California Institutes for Science and Innovation – which are multidisciplinary research institutes on UC campuses – to add AI as a concentration.
By Jenna Saklawi
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