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...
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Experts said higher education changes proposed by the Trump administration could undermine the strength of the American university system. President Donald Trump has promised to end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in schools and threatened to eliminate the Department of Education itself. Read more...
Photo: A Department of Education building is pictured. Experts said higher education changes proposed by the Trump administration could undermine the strength of the American university system. (Courtesy of G. Edward Johnson/Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated March 4 at 5:01 p.m. BruinDining, a student-developed app that helped students navigate UCLA’s dining options, was initially taken down around Jan. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the BruinDining app icon featured on the App Store. The app’s owner, third-year computer science and engineering student Marius Genton, decided to shut down the app after UCLA’s branding team claimed multiple aspects of the app were noncompliant with university policies. (Courtesy of Marius Genton)
The Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden spends its mornings filled with dogs. Beginning in May 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced communities into lockdown, community member Keith Wilson and his Coton de Tulear named Bucky, walked around campus every day to stay active. Read more...
Photo: Dog owners and their pets interact in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden on Monday morning. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)
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)
This post was updated Feb. 13 at 11:58 p.m. The Trump administration agreed to pause Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s access to student information after the UC Student Association sued to stop it. Read more...
Photo: Janss Steps is pictured. The Trump administration agreed to pause Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s access to student information after the UC Student Association sued to stop it. (Daily Bruin file photo)
“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)
