This post was updated on April 12 at 7:54 p.m. UCLA faculty and students are working to organize diversity-related course curricula before fall quarter after universitywide faculty voted 916-487 to pass a diversity course requirement proposal last week. Read more...
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April 10, 11:08 pm
UCLA faculty approves diversity requirement
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April 10, 7:37 am
Sleep Week awakens students to reality, need for mental rest
The new nap room in Powell was full during Thursday of week two. Students napped on mats, the lights dimmed and the room silent. Sleep Week, an event across campus to promote the importance of sleep, took place this week. Read more...
Photo: Jabril Muhammad, a first-year sociology and mathematics student, Clara Vara Escamilla, a first-year biology student, and Joyce Lin, a first-year psychobiology student, supervise the napping area in Powell. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)
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April 10, 5:11 am
UCLA scientists analyze protein deposits in brains of ex-NFL players
UCLA neuroscientists analyzed the brains of 14 ex-NFL players to study chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative brain condition found in athletes who suffer from repeated brain injuries. Read more...
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April 10, 5:11 am
Student groups preserve their history with UCLA’s new archive project
Several student groups are starting to document their history in public UCLA library archives, which anyone can contribute to or view. The archives are being created with the help of UCLA’s official archivist Heather Briston, who took up her position in June 2014 and works at the Charles E. Read more...
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April 10, 5:11 am
Napolitano discusses protests, tuition, student relationships
University of California President Janet Napolitano said she thought the protest that accompanied the March UC Board of Regents meeting was over the top. “Public comment for some has become an opportunity to not be communicating with the regents,” she said in an Editorial Board interview with The Bruin Thursday. Read more...
Photo: UC President Janet Napolitano met with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board Thursday. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)
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April 10, 5:11 am
UCLA Anderson TED Week inspires passions in students, faculty
A technology forecaster predicted in his TED Talk last month that by 2050, 80,000 humans will set off to colonize Mars. “We’re on the verge of a much greater edge of discovery: a two planet species,” said Stephen Petranek, editor in chief of the Breakthrough Technology Report newsletter. Read more...
Photo: Professor of marketing and psychology Danny Oppenheimer spoke to the audience about the pros and cons of democracy at the TED Week at UCLA event. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
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April 10, 12:00 am
Reel Life: Bo Hwang
“Coming to UCLA is so surreal to me,” said third-year gender studies student Bo Hwang when describing his time so far on campus. After having to overcome difficult obstacles throughout his life, Hwang is making moves to make his ambitions come true. Read more...
Photo: (Marlene Estrada/Daily Bruin)