Eight months after the Palisades fire burned parts of Topanga State Park and Will Rogers State Historic Park, both areas are reaching new stages of recovery. Read more...
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September 18, 9:29 pm
‘Charles’ fosters community, connections through dining hall reviews
When one student said they found a “nuclear bomb” in their Epicuria pizza, “Charles” was there to answer from the dining hall’s television screen. “Welcome to Housing-Dining,” he wrote from the screen. Read more...
Photo: Charles Wilcots, the associate director of UCLA Housing, poses at Epicuria at Covel. Wilcots has focused on personalizing the Dine & Dish program for the past 10 years. (Photo by Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff. Photo illustration by Desiree Gonzalez/Daily Bruin staff)
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September 18, 9:24 pm
‘Just be prepared for anything’: Students expect tension in 10-person apartments
Shelley Weng returned to her eight-person Palo Verde apartment to find piles of unwashed dishes, sauce-splattered counters and bugs flying in the kitchen on several occasions last year. Read more...
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September 18, 9:11 pm
Q&A: Dr. Leonard Marks shares how simple treatment for prostate cancer can be
September is prostate cancer awareness month. Dr. Leonard Marks, a urologic oncologist and professor in the Department of Urology at UCLA, sat down with Daily Bruin science and health contributor Nick Mouchawar to discuss screening for prostate cancer, risk factors and management of the disease. Read more...
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September 18, 8:00 pm
UCLA Jewish researchers criticize funding cuts, response to antisemitism claims
This post was updated Sept. 24 at 11:17 p.m. Jewish community members criticized the federal government’s citation of “antisemitism and bias” as justification for suspending university funding. Read more...
Photo: Hillel at UCLA building is pictured. UCLA’s Hillel chapter, along with the Jewish Faculty Resilience Group, are forming a Jewish faculty working group to advocate for the restoration of UCLA’s research funding. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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September 17, 8:22 pm
UC Regents approves UCLA police department request for less-than-lethal munitions
This post was updated Sept. 17 at 8:26 p.m. The UC Board of Regents approved the UCLA police department’s request for less-than-lethal munition launchers and sponge rounds at a Wednesday meeting. Read more...
Photo: UCPD officers with less-than-lethal weapons enter the Palestine solidarity encampment. The UC Board of Regents approved the UCLA police department’s request for less-than-lethal munition launchers and sponge rounds at a Wednesday meeting. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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September 17, 1:46 pm
UC Regents approves additional $2 million allocation to emergency power system
This post was updated Sept. 22 at 2:20 p.m. A UC Board of Regents committee voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend allocating an additional $2 million to replace an outdated UCLA emergency power system. The project, first approved in 2020, will upgrade the emergency power system for the Center for Health Sciences and its adjacent buildings to ensure that research, clinical activities and safety remain protected in case of a power outage. Read more...