Dialing 911 in Westwood does not guarantee that university police will receive the call. UCPD Lt. Kevin Kilgore said dialing from a cellphone in dense urban environments like Westwood can prevent emergency calls from reaching the nearest emergency communication center. Read more...
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February 27, 11:24 pm
Diversity Peer Leader interns facilitate social justice dialogues
A UCLA internship program aims to address social justice issues on campus through student-led discussions and art workshops. The UCLA Intergroup Relations Program’s Diversity Peer Leader internship program recruits students to organize and facilitate events that address campus issues like diversity, toxic masculinity and gun violence. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Intergroup Relations Program’s Diversity Peer Leaders aims to inform students about campus issues like diversity, toxic masculinity and gun violence through art workshops and student-led discussions. (Paulina Lei/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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February 27, 11:24 pm
Professor emerita of physiology, pediatrics, human genetics dies at 96
Faculty and family members remember Bernice Wenzel for her energy, intelligence and altruism. Wenzel, a professor emerita in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Department of Physiology, died Jan. Read more...
Photo: Bernice Wenzel, a professor emerita in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Department of Physiology, died Jan. 31 due to natural causes. She was 96.(Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
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February 27, 11:23 pm
UCLA study reveals Southern California salt marshes in state of decline
UCLA researchers found that rising sea levels could lead to the complete loss of salt marshes in Southern California by 2100. The study, published by researchers in the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability on Feb. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers predict Southern California salt marshes will disappear within the century. (Photo courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
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February 27, 11:23 pm
UCLA faculty designs data analysis curriculum for high school students
UCLA faculty are working with local school districts to teach high school students big data analysis. UCLA, in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District, received a five-year, multimillion dollar grant from the National Science Foundation in 2010 to design curricula for high school math and science classes with a strong emphasis on computational thinking. Read more...
Photo: (Jae Su and John Ingrao/Daily Bruin)
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February 27, 3:11 am
UCLA institute partners with TV station for environmental media project
A group of faculty and students have launched a multimedia series on environmental issues, with its first project focusing on an abandoned plot of land with heavy soil contamination. Read more...
Photo: Students and faculty members have partnered with KCET to release multimedia pieces. Their first project features Taylor Yard, an abandoned plot of land with heavy soil contamination. (courtesy of Courtney Cecale)
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February 27, 1:45 am
Treasury secretary delivers lecture on economic policies, sanctions
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 7:43 p.m. Treasury Department secretary, Steven Mnuchin, announced Monday a new round of sanctions against Russia to be enacted within 30 days, and said he thinks recent tax cuts passed by Congress will result in increased economic growth in the U.S. Read more...
Photo: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (right) spoke about economic benefits of tax legislation enacted this year and shared his thoughts on sanctions as a tool for curtailing international human rights abuses. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)