A once well-established chemistry law now has an asterisk attached after a challenge from UCLA researchers. Neil Garg, a distinguished professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department, said molecules known as anti-Bredt olefins – which violate Bredt’s rule, a rule that has stood for a hundred years – cannot have double bonds in specific positions under certain conditions. Read more...
Photo: (Valerie Liman/Daily Bruin)
Experts said higher education changes proposed by the Trump administration could undermine the strength of the American university system. President Donald Trump has promised to end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in schools and threatened to eliminate the Department of Education itself. Read more...
Photo: A Department of Education building is pictured. Experts said higher education changes proposed by the Trump administration could undermine the strength of the American university system. (Courtesy of G. Edward Johnson/Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated March 4 at 5:01 p.m. BruinDining, a student-developed app that helped students navigate UCLA’s dining options, was initially taken down around Jan. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the BruinDining app icon featured on the App Store. The app’s owner, third-year computer science and engineering student Marius Genton, decided to shut down the app after UCLA’s branding team claimed multiple aspects of the app were noncompliant with university policies. (Courtesy of Marius Genton)
UCPD is searching for a suspect involved in an on-campus sexual battery Sunday night. According to the crime alert sent Monday morning, the suspect arrived at Cypress Court in Weyburn Terrace around 10:15 p.m. Read more...
A power outage affected parts of Westwood on Sunday morning. Residents on Strathmore Drive and Midvale Avenue – and in university apartments on Glenrock Avenue – reported power outages beginning around 10 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Apartments on Midvale Avenue are pictured. A power outage temporarily affected residents on Strathmore, Midvale and Glenrock avenues around 10 a.m. Sunday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Cardiologists and students from UCLA convened at Valencia High School to provide free heart screenings Feb. 1. The Saving Hearts Foundation at UCLA was founded in 2014 after three UCLA students lost a family friend to a sudden cardiac arrest event. Read more...
Photo: Cardiologists and students from the UCLA chapter of the Saving Hearts Foundation convened at Valencia High School to provide free heart screenings. (Courtesy of Saving Hearts Foundation at UCLA)
UCPD arrested a person for drug possession Saturday morning. Police arrested the suspect during a bicycle stop at La Grange Avenue and Pontius Avenue in Sawtelle at 3 a.m. Read more...
Photo: A UCPD car drives through the UCLA campus. UCPD arrested an individual for possession of illegal drugs during a bicycle stop early Saturday morning. (Daily Bruin file photo)
