A criminalist for Los Angeles police testified Monday that a DNA sample collected from a man’s car matched the DNA profile of a UCLA student he is accused of having murdered in 2015. Read more...
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May 22, 12:20 am
Westwood Village Improvement Association to increase fees in 2019
Businesses in Westwood Village will be required to pay increased fees starting in 2019. The Westwood Village Improvement Association, a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of the Village, voted to increase assessments on businesses by 2 percent at its monthly board meeting on May 17. Read more...
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May 22, 12:16 am
UCLA researchers develop vaccines for common bioterrorism pathogens
UCLA microbiologists have developed vaccines against anthrax and other diseases likely to be used in bioterrorist attacks. In a study published May 3, UCLA researchers developed a platform for creating vaccines against three Tier 1 select agents, bacteria responsible for diseases such as anthrax, tularemia and plague. Read more...
Campus, News
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May 22, 12:11 am
UCLA’s Policy 862 to pay for security costs of major campus events
A new policy will require the university to pay security costs for major events on campus. UCLA announced an interim Major Events Policy that will allow registered and non-registered campus organizations to hold major events on campus with security costs covered by the university. Read more...
Photo: An interim Major Events Policy called Policy 862, will allow registered and non-registered campus organizations to hold major events on campus with security costs covered by the university, according to an email sent out Monday by Vice Chancellor Michael Beck. (Daily Bruin file photo)
News, Student Government
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May 21, 10:44 pm
Judicial board rejects petition against election board
The undergraduate student government judicial board rejected a petition against the election board Monday. Ramneek Hazrah and Matthew William Richard filed a petition against the election board, claiming the election board violated judicial board orders by failing to issue a reasonable sanction for Sanction Case 59 after finding that Bruins United candidates Bella Martin and Victoria Solkovits engaged in attempted voter coercion during the Undergraduate Students Association Council election campaign, according to the memorandum from the judicial board to the petitioner. Read more...
Photo: The undergraduate student government judicial board rejected a petition against the election board on Monday. This is the sixth petition the board has rejected hearing. (Edward Qiao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
News, Science & Health
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May 20, 11:52 pm
STEM event presents research opportunities for community college students
Local community college students toured UCLA laboratories and attended transfer admission workshops and panels Saturday as part of an effort to promote diversity in the sciences. Read more...
Photo: The Organization for Cultural Diversity in Science (OCDS), which aims to empower underrepresented groups in the sciences, held a Spring Science and Engineering Showcase to encourage community college students to pursue STEM in higher education. (Amy Dixon/Assistant photo editor)
News, Science & Health
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May 20, 11:30 pm
Medical program grants wishes for terminally ill patients at Ronald Reagan
A patient in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s medical intensive care unit was able to watch the sunset on the hospital’s outdoor patio on his last day alive despite it being against traditional medical practices, thanks to a new medical program. Read more...
Photo: The 3 Wishes Project grants wishes to terminally ill patients in UCLA’s medical ICU as part of a multicenter research trial started in Canada in December 2017. (Courtesy of Thanh Neville)