The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
News, Student Government
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October 30, 5:01 pm
USAC recap – Oct. 29
California, Campus, National, News
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October 30, 1:29 am
$1.3M grant allows UCLA’s tribal legal clinic to become operational year-round
The doors of UCLA’s tribal legal clinic, which allows law students to work directly with tribes to develop legal institutions, will soon be open year-round after receiving a $1.3 million grant. Read more...
Photo: (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Campus, News, Science & Health
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October 30, 1:25 am
School of engineering hosts a daylong event celebrating internet’s 50th birthday
Mark Cuban, Jameela Jamil and Ashton Kutcher were among the many noted speakers that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the internet with UCLA on Tuesday. Tuesday marked the 50th anniversary of when graduate student Charley Kine, working under UCLA distinguished computer science professor Leonard Kleinrock sent a data transmission over a computer network, laying the groundwork for what later became known as the internet. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti presented Leonard Kleinrock, a distinguished computer science professor, with a key to the city. Kleinrock’s research helped develop the internet as we know it today. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
California, News, Science & Health
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October 29, 9:06 pm
Santa Ana winds to reach as high as 80 mph as Getty fire rages on
Santa Ana winds fueling the Getty fire are expected to worsen Tuesday evening, with gusts potentially reaching as high as 80 mph. The National Weather Service is issuing an extreme red-flag warning and a high wind warning for Los Angeles and Ventura counties Tuesday, beginning 11 p.m. Read more...
California, Fire, News
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October 29, 6:10 pm
Investigation suggests Getty fire started by tree branch falling on power lines
A flying branch likely sparked the Getty fire when it crashed onto nearby power lines on Sepulveda Boulevard. The branch likely broke off during high wind conditions and landed on the power lines, causing sparks and arcing to ignite a nearby bush, according to an investigation by the Los Angeles Fire Department Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section. Read more...
Photo: The Getty fire potentially originated at the 1800 block of North Sepulveda Boulevard when a branch landed on power lines. The Los Angeles Fire Department Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section determined the cause using burn patterns, witness statements and physical evidence. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Campus, News
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October 29, 3:24 pm
JPMorgan CEO interrupted by protesters while speaking in panel at UCLA
This post was updated Oct. 29 at 7:24 p.m. Indigenous rights protesters disrupted a panel featuring current CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the former CEO of Google on Tuesday morning. Read more...
Photo: Security seized the banner after five minutes of protest and escorted the demonstrators out. Several protesters spoke to the Daily Bruin outside of Royce Hall following their removal from the event. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A Closer Look, Interactive Page, News
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October 29, 2:24 pm
The story behind the birth of the internet on the third floor of Boelter Hall
Oct. 29, 1969 marked the first data transmission relayed across a computer network by researchers working under Leonard Kleinrock in Boelter Hall. But when was the internet first conceptualized, and how did it get to what it is today? Read more...
Photo: (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)