A Hilton foundation awarded a $5.44 million grant to the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health for research, officials announced Monday. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation will fund research about achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, which include reducing poverty and hunger, advancing education and making global cities more sustainable. Read more...
Campus, News, Science & Health
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March 22, 2:34 pm
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation grants UCLA $5.44M for research
Campus, Crime, News
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March 22, 10:52 am
UCLA Center for Policing Equity to relocate to New York
UCLA’s research center that works with police departments to reduce racial profiling and other issues will relocate to New York following an endowment of $2.5 million. Read more...
News, Westwood
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March 18, 3:47 pm
Metro officials announce funding plan, including Westwood extension
County transportation officials announced a potential sales tax measure Friday that would fund the completion of the Purple Line by 2024 and build a train that runs from Westwood to the Los Angeles International Airport, among other transportation projects. Read more...
Photo: LA Metro officials released a plan for a potential half-cent sales tax increase, which would fund the Purple Line and a train from Westwood to LAX. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus, News
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March 17, 2:43 pm
Fire reported in Perloff Hall
Students and faculty evacuated Perloff Hall Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out in the building. UCLA Fire Marshal Dana Johnson said a machine overheated in the lower shop causing filters in the building’s ventilation system to catch fire. Read more...
Photo: (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
News, Westwood
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March 17, 12:05 pm
Westwood BID recap – March 17
The Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. The BID was created by property and business owners in August 2011 to provide Westwood Village with functions the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
Campus, News
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March 16, 9:57 pm
UCLA graduate schools rank among top 15 in US
Several UCLA graduate schools ranked highly in a U.S. News & World Report survey released Wednesday. U.S. News & World Report listed rankings for schools in areas such as business, education and engineering. Read more...
News, Westwood
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March 16, 2:38 pm
Westwood Community Council recap – March 15
The Westwood Community Council meets several times a year to discuss issues relevant to the Westwood Village business and residential community. Comments by public officials Carmen Healey, assistant director of UCLA Community and Local Government Relations, introduced Rachel Kennison, assistant director at the Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences, to speak about the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge. Read more...