By David Zisser DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected]   Melissa Spencer The White House recently awarded UCLA professor Melissa Spencer, showing faith in her potential to help cure a deadly disease. Read more...

By Noah Grand DAILY BRUIN REPORTER [email protected]   Daily Bruin File Photo Service Corporation International plans of tripling the capacity of the Pierce Brothers cemetery by building an 18-foot-high crypt have upset Westwood residents and families of the individuals buried there. Read more...

By Peijean Tsai DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] Jason Liu/Daily Bruin If the Valley secedes, there could be big changes for both the proposed city as well as for remaining areas of Los Angeles, including UCLA. Read more...

By Robert Salonga DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] Residents have the rare chance to voice their concerns and ideas about Westwood with city, local and university representatives at a community-wide meeting this week. Read more...

By Chris Montalvo DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected]   ANGIE LEVINE/Daily Bruin Workers clean out and cement-line water pipes. A recent Department of Water and Power construction project has been an unavoidable obstacle for many Westwood residents, but the scene of pipes and holes on the street will soon end. Read more...

UCLA doctor earns president’s award Melissa J. Spencer, an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine, received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at a White House ceremony July 12. Read more...