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October 18, 1:33 am

Bruins for Hillary visits Nevada to campaign for upcoming election

Students supporting Hillary Clinton traveled across state lines to campaign for the Democratic presidential candidate over the weekend. Bruins for Hillary organized a day trip to Las Vegas on Saturday, where 10 volunteers knocked on doors to convince voters to support Clinton and the Democratic Senate candidate for Nevada, Catherine Cortez Masto. Read more...

Photo: Student volunteers with Bruins for Hillary traveled to Nevada Saturday to canvass and knock on doors in support of the Democratic presidential and Senate candidates. (Courtesy of Jessica Chase)

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October 18, 1:30 am

Students go to North Dakota pipeline site in solidarity with tribe

American Indian students from UCLA gathered at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation with signs chanting “protectors, instead of protesters.” “There was one big prayer circle and the ground was there,” said Daniel Streamer, a first-year American Indian studies student. Read more...

Photo: AISA is a student organization comprised of American Indian students that aims to educate other students about their culture. (Courtesy of Amber Frank)

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October 16, 11:43 pm

UCLA receives grant to research antidepressant resistance in seniors

A nonprofit organization awarded UCLA and four other universities a $13.9 million grant to study how elderly people with chronic depression respond to treatment. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute selected UCLA for the depression research study because UCLA researchers published a paper on the potential of methylphenidate to improve antidepressant response to citalopram. Read more...

Photo: Helen Lavretsky, a geriatric psychiatrist and lead researcher of the Optimizing Outcomes of Treatment-Resistant Depression in Older Adults study, said OPTIMUM will help physicians better recommend more effective depression treatments. (Courtesy of Helen Lavretsky)

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October 16, 4:05 pm

Alum, Pokémon Go creative designer talks future of augmented reality

Raza Ahmad said he didn’t expect augmented reality games to be the success they have been. But Pokémon Go and other games he helped develop proved him wrong. Read more...

Photo: Raza Ahmad, an alumnus of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and member of the Niantic Labs creative team, came to UCLA to talk about his work in game design and his vision for augmented reality. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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October 13, 11:14 pm

Former UCLA professor wins Nobel Prize for foundational chemistry work

J. Fraser Stoddart, a former professor of chemistry and biochemistry, received the Nobel Prize on Oct. 5 for building the world’s smallest machines, including molecular elevators, artificial muscles and molecule-sized computer chips. Read more...

Photo: James Stoddart, professor emeritus of chemistry, built molecular machinery that won him the 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry. (Courtesy of UCLA)

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October 13, 11:14 pm

Law lecturer runs for Senate to promote clean energy, low-cost college

A UCLA law lecturer hopes to take his experience teaching environmental law to the state capitol. Henry Stern, also a policy advisor to State Senator Fran Pavley, is running to succeed her in Senate District 27. Read more...

Photo: Henry Stern, a UCLA law lecturer and policy advisor to State Senator Fran Pavley, is running to succeed her, one of the state’s strongest advocates for the environment. (Courtesy of Meeno Photography)


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