A prominent UCLA cancer researcher, reported in a Seattle Times article to have sold insider information about a potential new drug to Wall Street investors, is still under investigation by both a panel of UCLA faculty and the Securities and Exchange Commission, with no end in sight for either inquiry, officials said. Read more...

What do a life-size game of Mousetrap, a 40-foot tall man with a wooden heart, and lots and lots of fire have in common? You can find them all in Black Rock Desert, Nev., this week for the 20th annual Burning Man festival ““ and the Daily Bruin will be there to cover it. Read more...

Given the recent resurgence in the age-old debate between creationism and evolution, it was probably only a matter of time before it reached the University of California, and it did last week ““ in the form of a lawsuit. Read more...

After numerous delays and nearly a year after the original expected date of completion, all seven buildings of Weyburn Terrace, a graduate student housing complex in Westwood, were finished in August in time for graduate students to move in. Read more...

Some of the state’s most powerful politicians, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, met at the UCLA Neuroscience Research Building on Aug. Read more...

Taking a test is nothing new for a high school student. But for the first time in state history, passing or failing an exit exam will determine whether California high schoolers from the classes of 2006 and beyond will get their diplomas. Read more...

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