This post was updated Feb. 27 at 10:45 a.m. Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Read more...
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February 23, 11:35 pm
School of music increases funding for community college transfer scholarships
The Herb Alpert Foundation added $50,000 to the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s annual scholarship fund to make the transfer process from Los Angeles City College easier, according to a university press release. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music annual scholarship fund will receive $50,000 from the Herb Alpert Foundation to make the transfer process from Los Angeles City College easier.(Daily Bruin file photo)
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February 23, 11:34 pm
UCGPC will meet with Napolitano, but won’t be negotiating contracts
The University of California Graduate and Professional Council has agreed to meet with UC President Janet Napolitano but will not negotiate contracts in response to strikes at UC Santa Cruz. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate students rallied in support of students striking at UC Santa Cruz on Wednesday by calling in sick. University of California President Janet Napolitano said in a statement Friday that she offered to meet with the UC Graduate and Professional Council to discuss student concerns. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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February 23, 2:14 pm
ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – Feb. 21
This post was updated Feb. 24 at 12:59 p.m. Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities the university does not fund. Read more...
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February 22, 3:09 pm
UCLA parent pleads guilty to charges in college admissions scandal
A woman pleaded guilty in a federal court Friday for paying to get her son admitted to UCLA as an athletic recruit. Xiaoning Sui, a 49-year-old Chinese national and Canadian resident, pleaded guilty to planning to pay $400,000 to William Singer, the organizer of the 2019 college admissions scandal, to have her son admitted to UCLA as a soccer recruit, even though he did not have any competitive experience. Read more...
Photo: Xiaoning Sui pleaded guilty in federal court Friday for paying William Singer, the organizer of the 2019 college admissions scandal, to have her son admitted to UCLA as an athletic recruit. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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February 21, 12:55 am
UCLA students work with nonprofits to make positive impacts using technology
A student technology organization is helping nonprofits improve the lives of the Los Angeles homeless population and community college students. Nova is a student club with just a dozen members that develops apps for nonprofits in order to have a positive social impact. Read more...
Photo: Nova at UCLA, a student technology organization, makes mobile applications for nonprofits. Students in the club said they wanted to find a way to use their expertise to help the community. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
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February 21, 12:51 am
UCLA researchers identify compound that could improve lung disease treatment
A UCLA study identified a chemical compound that may improve lung health, potentially suggesting new approaches to preventing and treating lung diseases. According to the study published Tuesday in Cell Reports, the UCLA team discovered a compound now named Wnt Inhibitor Compound 1, or WIC1, that successfully improved the health of isolated cancerous human and mouse airway cells. Read more...
Photo: Lung cancer tissue (right) has a larger number of basal stem cells compared to normal airway tissue (left). The prevalence of activated beta-catenin (red) in the lung cancer cell can be targeted by Wnt Inhibitor Compound 1, a compound identified by UCLA researchers that successfully improved the health of isolated cancerous human and mouse cells. (Courtesy of UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Cell Reports)