This post was updated on April 16 at 9:35 p.m. Students reported finding several offensive posters on campus early Thursday that describe the group Students for Justice in Palestine as supporting terror groups, less than two months after posters with similar messages were reported across campus. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News
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April 16, 9:56 am
Offensive posters found on campus accuse SJP of supporting terror groups
News, Science & Health
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April 16, 2:20 am
Kaner Laboratory researchers develop battery-like supercapacitor
Researchers with the California NanoSystems Institute recently developed a new battery-like supercapacitor, a device that stores charge, which may rival conventional energy storage technology. The Kaner Laboratory, where the capacitor was created, published a paper on the technology in early March and presented it Saturday at the Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference in Chemistry and Biochemistry in San Diego. Read more...
Photo: Researchers with the California NanoSystems Institute demonstrate a new battery-like supercapacitor, which allows for larger battery storage. (Courtesy of Penny Jennings)
News, Westwood
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April 16, 2:17 am
Iranian human rights activist works to benefit Westwood
Every time he sees the Pacific Ocean, Roozbeh Farahanipour said he misses the Persian Gulf and Iran. He hasn’t lived in Iran since 2000, when he fled from the Islamic regime to the United States. Read more...
Photo: Roozbeh Farahanipour was nominated for the state Senate’s California Heroes Month in late 2014 for his work against human rights violations in Iran. (Julie Song/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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April 16, 2:15 am
UCLA participates in UC’s inaugural Grad Slam research competition
UCLA students will participate in the final round of a campuswide competition Thursday in which graduate students have three minutes to describe their research in layman’s terms to a panel of judges. Read more...
News
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April 16, 2:12 am
UCLA students revisit, memorialize sinking of Sewol ferry
In a three-hour period, Camella Kim imprinted the letters "#Untide shore" on the concrete shore of Jindo, South Korea. Read more...
Photo: Deokjun Choi, a fourth-year biochemistry student, and Inhye Kim, a fourth-year linguistics student, created stickers memorializing the sinking of the Sewol ferry. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Campus, News
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April 16, 2:09 am
UCLA Housing introduces streamlined maintenance request system
UCLA Housing went live with a new maintenance request system Monday that officials hope will help students order fixes to the dorm rooms and UCLA-owned apartments more easily. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Housing introduced a new maintenance request system Monday to streamline student requests and prevent false reports. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus, News, Student Government
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April 16, 2:07 am
Academic Senate hosts interest meeting for student appointments
Students interested in representing the student body in the UCLA Academic Senate can learn more about the position at an interest meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Read more...