Researchers at UCLA and the University of British Columbia have found that volunteering over 100 hours per year is associated with reduced biological age. Two people with the same chronological age can have different biological ages, which is a measure of how old your cells and tissues appear, according to Verywell Health. Read more...
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Dozens of Bruins and protesters gathered in front of Royce Hall on Wednesday to denounce discrimination against women and political oppression in Iran. The event – organized by the Iranian Student Group at UCLA, Iranian Scholars for Liberty and Persian fraternity Sigma Pi Beta – was organized to amplify Iranian women’s voices and bring international attention to their repression, said Paria, a fourth-year cognitive science major and president of ISG, who requested to remain anonymous for safety reasons. Read more...
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This post was updated March 15 at 8:25 p.m. Powell Cat was found dead outside Kaufman Hall on Thursday afternoon. Long considered an unofficial campus mascot, Powell Cat has resided at UCLA since around 2015. Read more...
Photo: Powell Cat is pictured outside Kaufman Hall. The unofficial campus mascot was found dead Thursday afternoon. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA released a DataX Initiative report Feb. 13 that recommends new academic offerings and increased support for data-driven education and research on issues related to injustice, inequality and sustainability. Read more...
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A recent study from the Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA found that students who take math in 12th grade have an increased likelihood of enrolling in and continuing with higher education. Read more...
Photo: The Mathematical Sciences Building is pictured. The Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA recently released a report that found that students who took math in 12th grade may have a higher chance of continuing with higher education. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Russian chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov delivered this year’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture on Monday evening. The lecture series – sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for Internal Relations, the Daniel Pearl Foundation and Hillel at UCLA – celebrates the memory of Pearl, a journalist who was abducted and killed by terrorists in 2002 while reporting in Pakistan. Read more...
Photo: Garry Kasparov speaks at the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture on Monday evening, discussing the state of democracy abroad and in the United States. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated March 9 at 3:38 p.m. UCLA experts said recently proposed revisions to blood donation restrictions for men who have sex with men are a step in the right direction, but that more could be done. Read more...
