UCLA held its annual Veterans Day Ceremony in front of the Student Activities Center on Friday. Featured speakers at the event included Chancellor Gene Block and two U.S. Read more...
Photo: (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin)
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November 13, 12:37 am
Innovation in microscopes lets UCLA lab make new findings about sperm movement
UCLA researchers determined sperm carrying a Y chromosome swim differently than sperm carrying an X chromosome. In a study published October, Aydogan Ozcan, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his lab constructed a microscope that allows for the 3D tracking of small moving cells like sperm cells. Read more...
Photo: On the left, the pattern of movement for a sperm with an X chromosome, which will create a female fetus. On the right, a slightly different pattern of movement for a sperm with a Y chromosome, which will create a male fetus. (Courtesy of Mustafa Ugur Daloglu et. al./Nature Publishing Group)
News, Westwood
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November 13, 12:33 am
Westwood Village Improvement Association covers city plans, Hammer renovations
Westwood officials announced the city’s participation in a parking revenue program and future expansions of the Hammer Museum at a Friday meeting. The Westwood Village Improvement Association reviewed last year’s programs and services, and next year’s plans for the Village during its annual meeting in the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Village Improvement Association held its annual meeting in the Hammer Museum Friday and reviewed last year’s programs and services, and next year’s plans for the Village. (Tess Mcmullin/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, Campus, National, News
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November 13, 12:31 am
Event helps students understand trends in midterm election results
A UCLA Ph.D. candidate said the increased voter turnout in last Tuesday’s midterm election was due to greater enthusiasm among voters. The UCLA Center for Liberal Arts and Free Institutions, along with the Bruin Political Union, co-hosted the event “Midterm Elections: What Happened and Why Does It Matter?” to explain the trends and patterns in the election results. Read more...
Photo: Brian Hamel, a political science Ph.D. candidate, said he sees the midterm results as a sign of a new trend of larger voter turnout, and expects even greater Democrat voter turnout in 2020. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, News
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November 13, 12:29 am
UCLA Health program provides financial literacy, nutrition resources for women
Low-income women can get help on how to set up their own bank accounts, read nutrition labels and more through a UCLA Health program. Women’s Health & Money @ Work, one of the core programs of the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Education and Resource Center, aims to educate low-to-moderate-income women in Los Angeles County on financial literacy and nutrition. Read more...
Photo: Women’s Health & Money @ Work, one of the core programs of UCLA’s Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Education and Research Center, aims to educate low-to-moderate-income women in Los Angeles County on financial literacy and nutrition education. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
National, News
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November 13, 12:23 am
Trump’s proposed end to birthright citizenship draws criticism from both sides
This post was updated Nov. 13 at 2:23 p.m. UCLA students and faculty said President Donald Trump’s proposal to abolish birthright citizenship could inflame anti-immigrant rhetoric and is most likely doomed to fail. Read more...
Photo: President Donald Trump said last week that he wanted to create an executive order that denied citizenship to those born in the United States whose parents were not citizens. (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore)
National, News
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November 12, 8:24 pm
Wildfires across California declared major disaster due to destructive impacts
President Donald Trump approved Gov. Jerry Brown’s request to classify California’s massive wildfires as a major disaster Monday. The declaration will help residents of Butte, Ventura and Los Angeles counties get additional resources such as air quality control, shelter, water and transportation from federal agencies. Read more...
Photo: Gov. Jerry Brown requested the California wildfires be designated a major natural disaster by the federal government. This distinction grants the state more fiscal and physical aid. (Daily Bruin file photo)