Napster co-founder Sean Parker donated $250 million to establish a cancer research center at UCLA and five other centers nationwide, UCLA officials announced Wednesday. Parker, chairman of the Parker Foundation, which funds several cancer research organizations, said in a press release he hopes the grant will assist the six cancer research facilities in developing immune therapies for cancer. Read more...
News, Science & Health
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April 13, 4:01 pm
UCLA to establish cancer research center with funds from $250M donation
Campus, News, Student Government
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April 13, 4:00 pm
USAC recap – April 12
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
Campus, News, UC
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April 13, 3:42 pm
Protestors condemn Napolitano’s treatment of undocumented students
UCLA students protested against cuts in funding for undocumented student resources and demanded University of California President Janet Napolitano’s resignation as she left a forum at the UCLA School of Law Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Joe Ackerman, fourth-year English student, called for University of California President Janet Napolitano’s resignation Wednesday. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News, Student Government
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April 13, 12:28 am
USAC, CALPIRG join forces to promote affordable textbooks
An undergraduate student government office and the California Public Interest Research Group, or CALPIRG, hopes to reduce the amount of money students spend on textbooks by encouraging professors to switch to cheaper alternatives. Read more...
Photo: (Zoe Hessler/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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April 13, 12:26 am
GSA forum to present charges against President Milan Chatterjee
The graduate student government will present charges against its president at a meeting Wednesday evening. If the charges come to a vote and two-thirds of all seated delegates vote to impeach, the UCLA Graduate Students Association President Milan Chatterjee will be removed from office. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo)
Crime, News
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April 13, 12:25 am
Q&A: UCPD representative discusses budget, funding methodology
University police manages a budget of more than $12 million, about 60 percent of which is used to pay its staff. Each year, UCPD’s finance division determines how money is distributed to each department, and aims to solve issues such as deficits. Read more...
News
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April 13, 12:24 am
From Budapest to UCLA: A student’s story of music, motherhood and education
In eighth grade, Viktoria Lovy explored flea markets in her hometown of Budapest, Hungary, and marveled at the colorful, UCLA sweaters that had been smuggled into her then-communist country. Read more...
Photo: (Kelly Ma/Daily Bruin)