Several roads around Westwood will be closed Thursday and Friday while President Barack Obama visits West Los Angeles, police said. He will stay at the W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills hotel in Westwood Village for one night. Read more...
Photo: (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin) President Obama will stay in the W Los Angeles Hotel Thursday in Westwood, causing traffic in the area.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
A new graduate class will study Westwood Village’s urban planning and propose potential improvements to the neighborhood’s specific plan. Architect John Kaliski’s class at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs will explore the existing Westwood Village Specific Plan, which regulates land use and development design criteria in the Village, and prepare recommendations for the Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID. Read more...
Photo: A class at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs will study Westwood Village’s urban planning and make recommendations to improve the Village. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)
UCLA and NASA researchers can use satellite images to predict how climate change may affect forest habitats. Scientists can use fungi to predict where forests are more or less likely to adapt to and survive a warming climate, said Joshua Fisher, lead UCLA researcher. Read more...
Photo: Scientists are using fungi to determine which forests are more likely to adapt to climate change.(Courtesy of Josh Fisher)
Kareem Elzein said a lack of funding and proper resources are key disadvantages of social justice projects. To alleviate the issue, Elzein, who was a community organizer for 10 years, worked with four other graduate students to found the Bruin Excellence and Student Transformation Grant Program, or BEST. Read more...
Photo: Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang’s office is funding a program that will provide grants to student-run projects that aim to improve the campus climate. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
United Nations secretary-general asked Los Angeles community members to help address global climate change problems and adopt the U.N.’s sustainable development goals in a speech Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Five taxi drivers waited in the taxi parking zone in front of the Hammer Museum for an hour Thursday afternoon, but nobody used their services. The section of Lindbrook Drive in front of the Hammer museum is reserved for taxi parking, but some business owners have advocated getting rid of the area and using the space for parking. Read more...
Photo: City officials will re-evaluate taxi parking in front of the Hammer Museum in Westwood after businesses complained the space could be better utilized. (Viola Taubmann/Daily Bruin)
