This post was updated on Oct. 20 at 4:50 p.m. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump finished their last debate Wednesday, marking 20 days to go before the country elects its next president. Read more...
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October 19, 11:44 pm
UCLA alumnus creates free website for students seeking study spaces
I-Chun Liu’s final goal as a UCLA student was to study for the last finals he would ever take. The only problem was that all his go-to study spots were packed – loud and noisy without an outlet or seat in sight. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alum I-Chun Liu launched PlacetoStudy, a website that helps students find nearby study locations, this summer. (Courtesy of I-Chun Liu)
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October 18, 10:55 pm
UCLA law school competition encourages student entrepreneurship
UCLA students have an opportunity to develop their own startups and compete for $100,000 worth of prizes in a UCLA law school entrepreneurship competition. UCLA School of Law will open registration for its second Lowell Milken Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs competition at the end of October. Read more...
Photo: Chief executive officers from various businesses spoke to students interested in entering the Lowell Milken Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs on Monday. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)
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October 18, 9:53 pm
Announcement of first water fountain makes a splash at Courtside
UCLA Housing will install Courtside’s first water fountain since the building was constructed in the late ’90s, after residents complained about the lack of access to drinking water. Read more...
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October 18, 1:33 am
Bruins for Hillary visits Nevada to campaign for upcoming election
Students supporting Hillary Clinton traveled across state lines to campaign for the Democratic presidential candidate over the weekend. Bruins for Hillary organized a day trip to Las Vegas on Saturday, where 10 volunteers knocked on doors to convince voters to support Clinton and the Democratic Senate candidate for Nevada, Catherine Cortez Masto. Read more...
Photo: Student volunteers with Bruins for Hillary traveled to Nevada Saturday to canvass and knock on doors in support of the Democratic presidential and Senate candidates. (Courtesy of Jessica Chase)
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October 18, 1:30 am
Students go to North Dakota pipeline site in solidarity with tribe
American Indian students from UCLA gathered at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation with signs chanting “protectors, instead of protesters.” “There was one big prayer circle and the ground was there,” said Daniel Streamer, a first-year American Indian studies student. Read more...
Photo: AISA is a student organization comprised of American Indian students that aims to educate other students about their culture. (Courtesy of Amber Frank)
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October 16, 11:43 pm
UCLA receives grant to research antidepressant resistance in seniors
A nonprofit organization awarded UCLA and four other universities a $13.9 million grant to study how elderly people with chronic depression respond to treatment. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute selected UCLA for the depression research study because UCLA researchers published a paper on the potential of methylphenidate to improve antidepressant response to citalopram. Read more...
Photo: Helen Lavretsky, a geriatric psychiatrist and lead researcher of the Optimizing Outcomes of Treatment-Resistant Depression in Older Adults study, said OPTIMUM will help physicians better recommend more effective depression treatments. (Courtesy of Helen Lavretsky)