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Campus
Oct. 29, 2026 11:17 p.m.
BareBones club members are pictured volunteering over the summer. Members use their expertise in sports and calisthenics to provide services including posture screenings, bone density testing, joint flexibility testing, stretch clinics, nutrition counseling and education. (Courtesy of Bella Castillo)
A group of UCLA students are taking their fitness knowledge outside of the gym and into the healthcare field.
BareBones, a student-run club founded in October 2024, aims to provide personalized musculoskeletal care – healthcare that focuses on bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons – to underserved communities.
By Chenrui Zhang
A Closer Look
Oct. 27, 2026 10:30 p.m.UCLA students launched a new publication Monday that aims to raise awareness about environmental issues through storytelling.
Written, edited and peer-reviewed entirely by undergraduate students, LENS: The Journal of Environmental Narratives allows students to display their creative and scholarly environmental work at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
By Darren Tran
A Closer Look
Oct. 26, 2026 12:18 a.m.UCLA Library’s Data Science Center closed amid consolidation effort
UCLA Library dissolved its data consultation center and stopped offering data analysis services in August.
The university consolidated the Data Science Center into UCLA Library’s research services unit as part of a broader effort to restructure the department, a UCLA Library spokesperson said in an emailed statement.
By Ella Thomson
Campus
Oct. 23, 2026 11:28 a.m.UCLA to limit data sharing with ‘countries of concern’ in line with DOJ, NIH policies
This post was updated Oct. 25 at 11:31 p.m.
UCLA will enforce a review process to limit the data that research faculty and staff share with certain foreign countries in line with guidance from the federal government, two vice chancellors announced Friday.
By Julian Duaybis
Academics
Oct. 22, 2026 9:23 p.m.This UCLA lab uses Nobel-winning techniques on mice to better understand the brain
This post was updated Oct. 22 at 11:19 p.m.
Using light rays to turn off and on certain regions of mice’s brains is a normal part of Avishek Adhikari’s day in his lab.
By Charlie Hamilton
Campus
Oct. 20, 2026 7:58 p.m.UCLA experts give warnings about declining vaccination rates
This post was updated Oct. 24 at 4:28 p.m.
Amid the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul childhood immunization policy, UCLA experts cautioned that declining vaccination rates could increase the risk of disease outbreaks on campus.
By Matthew Wong
California
Oct. 18, 2026 6:11 p.m.UCLA-affiliated institute seeks to develop synthetic livers with up to a $19.8M grant
This post was updated Oct. 20 at 5:11 p.m.
A UCLA-affiliated research institute plans to revolutionize the liver transplant process by using up to a $19.8 million grant to create functional organs from cells.
By Emilio Lois
California
Oct. 15, 2026 8:41 p.m.Annual UCLA survey responses cover public health issues, including housing, heat
This post was updated Oct. 16 at 8:19 p.m.
A growing number of Californians are experiencing extreme heat and other climate-related events, according to UCLA’s annual California Health Interview Survey released Thursday.
By Rune Long
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