Friday, April 3

New Hill fitness center opens for tours as part of Recreation Day

This post was updated on Sept. 28 at 4:18 p.m. UCLA students living on campus can tour the new gym on the Hill Friday but will not be able to use the facility for another two weeks. Read more...

Photo: UCLA officials spent more than $3 million on a new gym on the Hill. Students will be able to tour the new facility on Friday before it officially opens in two weeks. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


UCLA iGEM brings protein cage project to synthetic biology competition

Students scribbled equations on a white board, crunching numbers in an effort to find the right concentration of each reactant. The team used computer modeling to rearrange a protein model, a twisted mass of blue, yellow, orange and green spirals and loops, in preparation for the International Genetically Engineered Machines competition in Boston, which began Thursday. Read more...



New Charles E. Young North traffic light, bike lane installed

UCLA officials installed a new traffic light and bike lane Tuesday on Charles E. Young Drive North to better control traffic on the street. The traffic light and bike lane cost $400,000. Read more...

Photo: UCLA officials installed a new traffic light on the intersection of Charles E. Young Drive North and the driveway leading into Parking Structure 7 to improve safety for drivers and pedestrians. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Westwood Neighborhood Council contests removal of vote-by-mail option

Westwood residents might only be able to vote for neighborhood council board members in 2016 by going to the polls, rather than voting by mail or online. Read more...

Photo: Westwood residents, including students, might only be able to vote during the 2016 Westwood Neighborhood Council elections in person by going to the polls instead of filling a vote-by-mail ballot or going online. (Daily Bruin file photo)


ServeFest event to encourage student interest in volunteering

Students can attend a community service fair on the Hill Saturday evening intended to introduce them to different ways they can get involved in volunteerism at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Students will be able to attend ServeFest, an event that UCLA officials will host after Volunteer Day Saturday in Sunset Village, to get involved in community groups while at UCLA. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


University reaches settlement with Aon Hewitt over UC SHIP dispute

The University of California Board of Regents reached a settlement Sept. 8 after a two-year dispute with a management consulting firm that helped develop UC Student Health Insurance Plan. Read more...

Photo: University of California Board of Regents reached a settlement with Aon Hewitt over the UC SHIP dispute. (Emaan Baqai/Daily Bruin senior staff)