As talk continues about a national high-speed rail system, four UCLA faculty members are researching the more local effects on station cities, especially in California. Read more...
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March 1, 12:20 am
UCLA faculty assess the opportunities presented by California’s planned high-speed rail system
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March 1, 12:15 am
New clean energy standards could raise utility costs for California and UCLA
UCLA utility costs are expected to increase in the short term as California moves toward more aggressive standards for renewable energy. Read more...
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February 28, 2:26 am
Ban on bone marrow sales challenged in US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
A major victory for people in need of bone marrow transplants may be on the horizon. Read more...
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February 28, 2:24 am
Tensions in Libya rise with oil prices as protests continue and US, UN impose sanctions
Pro-democracy protests in Libya have destabilized global oil markets, hiking oil prices in the United States to the highest levels since the 2008 recession. Read more...
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February 28, 2:05 am
De-stressing activities to be offered at Mental Health Week to help students handle pressure
UCLA's first Mental Health Week starts today, offering students a chance to de-stress, do yoga, learn about suicide prevention and even snag a free hug as finals approach. Undergraduate student government officers Emily Resnick and Linda Phi teamed up to plan the week's events. Read more...
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February 25, 12:45 am
Britney Zavada answers the call from Be the Match to save a life
At a club meeting last year, Britney Zavada joined her friends and swabbed the inside of her cheek for DNA samples to be sent to the national bone marrow registry. Read more...
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Second-year cognitive science student Britney Zavada was recently notified that she is a bone marrow match for a girl with leukemia.
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February 25, 12:42 am
Botanical garden brings chance to learn about plants in their environment
Before freeways and houses defined what is now urban Los Angeles, the area was an ecosystem of diverse plants and animals that adapted over hundreds of thousands of years to live in the hot, dry climate. Read more...
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Biology Professor Rasoul Sharifi researches a Mediterranean plant, the butcher’s broom, for his research on plant physiology and adaptive mechanisms in the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Gardens.