The Los Angeles mayoral primary will take place on Tuesday. These are the five mayoral candidates running for the position. You must be registered in Los Angeles County to cast a vote. Read more...
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March 4, 9:50 am
2013 L.A. Mayoral Candidates
News, Science & Health
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March 4, 2:04 am
Professor helps develop ‘artificial retina’
Patients who lost their eyesight over the course of their lifetime can now be treated to partially restore their vision, after the Food and Drug Administration recently cleared an “artificial retina” device. Read more...
Photo: Wentai Liu, a professor at the bioengineering department at UCLA, helped engineer a device that can help partially restore vision for blind patients. The device was recently cleared by the Food and Drug Administration.
Crime, News, Westwood
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March 4, 1:26 am
Student robbed on Gayley Avenue
University police are investigating the robbery of a UCLA student near the corner of Strathmore Drive and Gayley Avenue last week, according to a university police report released Friday. Read more...
Campus, News
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March 4, 1:24 am
UC forms committees to select new UC president
The University of California Board of Regents recently created five committees involved with the search for the new UC president, who will take office after Mark Yudof steps down from the position in August. Read more...
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March 4, 12:45 am
Faculty Women’s Club compiles rich history through oral project
Twenty UCLA faculty members and their wives waited in a cozy billiards room with closed eyes and bated breath. One woman lifted a plastic toy gun above her head and fired it. Read more...
Photo: Members of the UCLA Faculty Women’s Club, a group that was founded in 1918, and their spouses meet regularly to socialize and discuss their experiences at UCLA over the years. One of the many activities the members take part in is a monthly play reading, shown above.
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March 1, 7:34 pm
President Barack Obama signs $85 billion sequester into effect
President Barack Obama signed today an executive order that officially puts into effect $85 billion in across-the-board national spending cuts known as sequestration. “By the authority vested in me as President … I hereby order that budgetary resources in each non-exempt budget account be reduced by the amount calculated by the Office of Management and Budget,” Obama stated in the order. Read more...
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March 1, 2:52 pm
UC Regents appoint presidential selection committee
The University of California Board of Regents has appointed a special committee to formally begin the search for a new president to replace Mark Yudof, who will step down in August. Read more...