This post was updated Oct. 4 at 11:41 p.m. For over 20 years, many scientists believed that a loss of a particular group of brain cells – termed hypocretin cells – found in the brain’s hypothalamus was the cause of narcolepsy. Read more...
Photo: (Lauren Trautenberg / Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Oct. 2 at 12:07 a.m. The John Wooden Center will close from Saturday to at least Oct. 9 because of high temperatures, UCLA Recreation announced Thursday. Read more...
Photo: The John Wooden Center is pictured. The center will close Saturday to at least Oct. 9 because of a major and prolonged heat wave. (Kai Dizon/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Oct. 1 at 11:57 p.m. UCLA asked a judge Wednesday to dismiss a Department of Justice lawsuit that alleged the university allowed discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students. [Related: DOJ launches second suit against UC, alleging antisemitism against UCLA students] The lawsuit, which the DOJ filed against the UC in May, alleged that UCLA allowed antisemitic protests on campus following Palestinian political party and militant group Hamas’ Oct. Read more...
Photo: The United States Department of Justice building is pictured. UCLA asked a judge Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit in which the DOJ alleged the university allowed discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Oct. 1 at 11:53 p.m. The United States Department of Justice alleged Thursday that the UCLA School of Law discriminated against white and Asian applicants in its admissions processes. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division claimed in a Thursday letter that UCLA Law violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars racial discrimination in programs receiving federal funding. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Law is pictured. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division claimed in a Thursday letter that UCLA Law violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars racial discrimination in programs receiving federal funding. Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 2 at 12:04 a.m. A UC-backed bond measure to fund scientific research across California will appear on the March 2028 ballot. Read more...
Photo: Equipment is stored in a lab. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 895, a $7.5 billion bond measure that would fund science and health research at California universities and other institutions, on Wednesday. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Dr. Vivian Chang, a UCLA Health pediatric hematologist-oncologist, sat down with Daily Bruin contributor Owen Mazzola to speak about her work in genetics and cancer heritability for National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Read more...
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This post was updated Sept. 30 at 12:14 a.m. The city of Los Angeles is accelerating long-awaited sidewalk repairs in Westwood in time for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Read more...
Photo: Cracks fill a Gayley Avenue sidewalk. The city will accelerate sidewalk repairs in preparation for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Amelia Chief/Daily Bruin senior staff)
