The budget deal signed between University of California President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown in May signifies a change in the retirement plan offered to new employees that faculty members and experts believe will affect the future of the UC system. Read more...
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UCLA now offers kosher and halal options in Covel Commons dining hall to supplement traditional meal plans, after a three-year development in response to demands by Muslim and Jewish students. Read more...
Photo: Covel now offers kosher and halal options for lunch and dinner at an additional cost to Hill residents. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
Westwood officials have placed 13 cigarette recycling receptacles around Westwood Village to decrease the amount of cigarette litter on sidewalks. The Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, installed long gray TerraCycle receptacles on street poles earlier this month. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Village Improvement Association installed 13 cigarette recycling receptacles, aiming to reduce the amount of cigarette waste on sidewalks. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Atoms pictured in textbooks depict estimations of their average position in materials, but are not entirely accurate. UCLA scientists discovered a way to precisely determine their location in materials and accurately depict them in 3-D models that shows gaps in groups of atoms. Read more...
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UCLA researchers published a study Monday that validated a noninvasive way to measure neurological arterial stiffness, which can allow doctors to better detect the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, stroke and other diseases. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers, led by Danny Wang, found a new way to measure arterial stiffness in the brain, which will allow them to detect the risk of other diseases. (Courtesy of Danny Wang)
UCLA faculty and students marched and rallied at Bruin Plaza Tuesday for increased job stability, more access to welfare benefits and a greater say in campus government for lecturers and librarians. Read more...
Photo: UC faculty and students gathered near Bruin Plaza on Tuesday to rally for negotiations of lecturer benefits and increased job stability. (Courtesy of Mia McIver)
After a long battle with cancer, Dr. Edward M. Ornitz, professor emeritus of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, died Sept. Read more...
