The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Read more...
Campus, Student Government
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May 20, 2:47 am
USAC recap — May 20
News, Science & Health
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May 20, 2:45 am
UCLA professors launch campaign for son’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Dylan Miceli-Nelson took his final steps when he was 14 years old. Doctors diagnosed him with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD, when he was 3 years old. Read more...
Photo: UCLA professors Stanley Nelson and Carrie Miceli launched the Be Reasonable campaign to persuade the Food and Drug Administration to grant accelerated approval for drugs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)
News, Westwood
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May 20, 2:20 am
Westwood Community Council – May 20
The Westwood Community Council meets several times a year to discuss issues relevant to the Westwood Village business and residential community. Susan Pollack, senior vice president of development for the Special Olympics World Games committee, asked for councilmembers’ support to help fundraise and increase attendance for the World Games, which will be hosted in Los Angeles in about two month. Read more...
News, UC
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May 20, 1:20 am
UC Board of Regents to discuss Gov. Brown’s budget revision
The University of California Board of Regents will meet at the UC San Francisco campus this week to decide whether to follow Gov. Jerry Brown’s May budget revision and the long-term UC funding plan, among other issues. Read more...
Campus, News
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May 20, 1:19 am
Bruin Plate worker, single mother, strives to be daughters’ role model
When Maria Lopez held her daughter in her arms for the first time seven years ago, she could hardly describe her joy in knowing the little girl was really hers. Read more...
Photo: Maria Lopez, a food service worker at Bruin Plate, hopes to enroll in the UCLA nursing program in the future. (Bailey Greene/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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May 20, 1:18 am
Employee explores healthy cuisine, hopes to impact students’ lives
Brian Smith was on track to be a businessman or a lawyer, but he realized his true passion was cooking. At the age of 19, he dropped out of college to pursue a career in the culinary arts. Read more...
Photo: Brian Smith, a principle cook at Bruin Plate, dropped out of college to pursue a career in the culinary arts. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News, Westwood
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May 20, 1:17 am
Professors, businesses divided on effect of potential minimum wage hike
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by July 2020, but UCLA professors said they don’t think the Westwood community will experience severe problems with the increase. Read more...