This post was updated Jan. 25 at 9:08 a.m. A university accounting error prevented the undergraduate student government from receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars for the past three years. Read more...
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January 24, 10:32 pm
Student creates startup to facilitate peer-to-peer tutoring
Parsa Rezvani’s father struggled in his high school English class when he immigrated from Iran until he befriended some American classmates. In exchange for helping them in their math classes, he received help in passing English. Read more...
Photo: Parsa Rezvani, a fourth-year economics student, founded Tutorfly to connect students with their peers for academic support. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
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January 24, 10:23 pm
UCLA Health provides at-home colon cancer screening kits to patients
UCLA Health is collaborating with marketing experts to incentivize patients to screen themselves at home for cancer. Starting in May, UCLA Health, with the help of researchers at the Anderson School of Management, provided custom letters with take-home colorectal cancer screening kits to encourage patients to use them. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo) UCLA Health officials collaborated with professors from the Anderson School of Business to create custom letters to increase patient use of take-home colon cancer screening kits.
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January 24, 4:49 pm
UC Board of Regents postpones vote on tuition increase to May
The University of California Board of Regents deferred voting on a tuition increase until its May meeting. The Board of Regents was originally scheduled to vote on a 2.5 percent tuition hike at its Wednesday meeting, but UC President Janet Napolitano said she thinks the University should advocate for increased funding from the state legislature. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents delayed voting on increasing tuition, following opposition to tuition hikes from student groups. (Chengcheng Zhang/Daily Bruin)
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January 24, 12:25 am
Campus Queries: What makes this flu season so bad?
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Why is this season’s flu so dangerous, and what can be done to prevent it from spreading? Read more...
Photo: (Nicole Parra/Daily Bruin)
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January 24, 12:23 am
UCLA arranges mock graduate school courses for transfer students
UCLA held mock graduate school classes Tuesday to help transfer students find out if graduate school is for them. More than a hundred students attended Transfer On: Pathways and Possibilities, hosted by BruinX and the Transfer Student Center in the UCLA School of Law. Read more...
Photo: Tara Vijayan, who co-lectured a medical school class, organized the class into three parts, focusing on lab diagnostics, treatments and discussion of an in-depth case study. (Daniel Miller/Daily Bruin)
News, Westwood
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January 24, 12:22 am
Repeal of alcohol prohibitions may benefit new Westwood businesses
Future Westwood businesses may have an easier time serving alcohol in their restaurants. The Westwood Neighborhood Council voted to remove its 32 sample alcohol conditions, which new businesses must agree to when they apply for an alcohol permit, at its Jan. Read more...