Thursday, December 18


Examining the exception: UCLA chemists discover caveat to century-old rule

A once well-established chemistry law now has an asterisk attached after a challenge from UCLA researchers. Neil Garg, a distinguished professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department, said molecules known as anti-Bredt olefins – which violate Bredt’s rule, a rule that has stood for a hundred years – cannot have double bonds in specific positions under certain conditions. Read more...

Photo: (Valerie Liman/Daily Bruin)


Saving Hearts’ UCLA chapter hosts free screening event for underserved community

Cardiologists and students from UCLA convened at Valencia High School to provide free heart screenings Feb. 1. The Saving Hearts Foundation at UCLA was founded in 2014 after three UCLA students lost a family friend to a sudden cardiac arrest event. Read more...

Photo: Cardiologists and students from the UCLA chapter of the Saving Hearts Foundation convened at Valencia High School to provide free heart screenings. (Courtesy of Saving Hearts Foundation at UCLA)


Federal judge stops plan to reduce NIH grants that could limit UC research funding

This post was updated Feb. 14 at 12:11 a.m. A federal judge halted a plan to cut National Institutes of Health grants in 22 states Monday, blocking a policy that would limit research funding across the UC. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is pictured. A federal judge halted a plan to cut National Institutes of Health grants in 22 states Monday, blocking a policy that would limit research funding across the UC. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)



‘A wild animal’: Squirrels on UCLA campus create memories, make mischief

“You can’t spend a day walking around UCLA and not see a squirrel. That’s an impossible day,” said Peter Nonacs, vice chair of the ecology and evolutionary biology department. Read more...

Photo: A collage of squirrels is pictured. The eastern fox squirrel is the most common type of squirrel on UCLA’s campus and can be found foraging, hoarding nuts and attempting to eat students’ food on a daily basis. (Photo illustration by Mia Tavares/Daily Bruin senior staff. Photos by Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff, Lucine Ekizian/Daily Bruin senior staff and Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Bruin Beekeepers at UCLA preserve on-campus hives, share honey with community

Locked behind a keypad door on the roof of the Life Sciences Building is UCLA’s apiary – a collection of beehives carefully maintained by the Bruin Beekeepers club. Read more...

Photo: The Bruin Beekeepers club maintains the school’s apiary on the roof of the Life Sciences Building. The collected honey will be delivered to the Community Programs Office food closet. (Courtesy of Zoya Alam)



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