This post was updated on April 9 at 8:48 p.m. Federal investigators are looking into discussions between UCLA and a former California Public Utilities Commission president about millions in commission funding going to a potential university “energy data center,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Read more...
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April 9, 5:54 pm
Investigators looking into talks between UCLA, former CPUC president
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April 9, 12:38 pm
Hunger Project interacts with tenants at Hollywood homeless shelter
Hunger Project, a community service organization, has shifted its focus from packing lunches to more face-to-face interaction with homeless communities across Los Angeles. One way they do this is by volunteering at temporary homeless shelters such as People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) Hollywood, where they cook and serve dinner to the homeless tenants. Read more...
Photo: (Eldrin Masangkay/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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April 9, 12:36 pm
UCLA engineers to compete at University of Arizona
The American Society of Civil Engineers is holding an engineering competition at University of Arizona this Thursday. Watch this video preview of UCLA entries including a steel bridge, concrete canoe and a sustainable dog house. Read more...
Photo: (Alena Maschke/Daily Bruin)
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April 9, 12:20 pm
Students narrate mental health stories at All of Us event
This article was updated on April 15 at 5:57 p.m. Yasmeen Al-Mazeedi walked up to the stage, notes in hand, as one of six students ready to tell their stories. Read more...
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April 9, 12:53 am
DiaBeaters at UCLA to host diabetes awareness event
The club DiaBeaters at UCLA will be hosting educational and interactive activities about diabetes Thursday in Bruin Plaza for the second annual Diabetes Day. This year, DiaBeaters has planned a larger event, receiving financial help from both the UCLA community and local businesses in Westwood, including Bristol Farms, Whole Foods and Coffee Bean, among others, said Megan Cory, one of the club’s co-founders. Read more...
Photo: The club DiaBeaters at UCLA will host a day of activities and interactive games relating to health and nutrition in Bruin Plaza on Thursday for the second annual Diabetes Day at UCLA. (Courtesy of Samar Khoury)
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April 9, 12:44 am
UCLA professor to address Islamic State’s abuse of women in lecture
A UCLA professor will be speaking Thursday about women who are being trafficked and enslaved by the Islamic State group. Khaled Abou El Fadl, a professor at the UCLA School of Law, will speak at the event, which is called “ISIS and the Enslavement and Trafficking of Women.” The Islamic State group is an Islamic extremist group that has been gaining increasing control over territory in the Middle East. Read more...
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April 9, 12:39 am
Westwood Neighborhood Council votes to create new crosswalk
The Westwood Neighborhood Council unanimously voted Wednesday to ask the city to draw a crosswalk from the east side of Levering Avenue to the Chevron gas station on Le Conte Avenue. Read more...