Nearly two-thirds of appeals against Westwood businesses and properties in the last 20 years were made by the same three community members. A document compiled by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning listed 72 appeals made since 1998. Read more...
Photo: Three Westwood community members are listed as filing 44 of 72 appeals against Westwood businesses and properties since 1998. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Injured students can now borrow crutches and wheelchairs for free from the Student Activities Center. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Student Wellness Commission teamed up with the Good Clothes Good People redistribution center to rent out mobility aids, like crutches and wheelchairs, to students for free. Read more...
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The father of modern linguistics delivered the first of several public lectures at UCLA on Monday as part of a weeklong lecture series. Noam Chomsky, a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is giving a series of open lectures on linguistic theory at UCLA from Monday through Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Noam Chomsky, considered the father of modern linguistics, is delivering a series of lectures during week five. He discussed topics including artificial intelligence, 17th-century linguists and animal communications. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)
Parents’ preference for boys may negatively impact their daughters’ test scores, according to a recent study. Researchers from UCLA, Northwestern University and the London School of Economics found American families prefer the birth of boys over girls, which in turn lowers girls’ test scores in math and science. Read more...
Photo: Paolo Giuliano, a UCLA economics professor, authored a paper with researchers at Northwestern and the London School of Economics that found American parents’ preference for the birth of boys lowers girls’ test scores in math and science. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
Resident assistants knocked on every door of Karl Danielsen’s floor looking for him. UCLA did not have his measles immunization records on file, and Danielsen had missed a secure message from the Arthur Ashe Health and Wellness Center saying he should be quarantined immediately. Read more...
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Fifty years ago, UCLA alumnus Keith Schiller was inspired to start a legal service for UCLA students after his friend became a victim of racial profiling. Read more...
Photo: Keith Schiller, founder of UCLA Student Legal Services, spoke about his reasons for founding the organization at its 50th anniversary celebration. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers developed a machine learning algorithm to aid radiologists in diagnosing prostate cancer. Ruiming Cao, a graduate student in computer science, was the main developer of FocalNet, an artificial intelligence system which uses data from magnetic resonance imaging to detect and assess prostate cancer. Read more...
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