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February 14, 11:24 am

School of music receives Stradivarius, other rare instruments from donation

A humanities foundation wrapped up its violin donation to the Herb Alpert School of Music with a bow. The school of music received a donation of 12 valuable violins and violin bows, including a rare Stradivarius, worth a total of almost $3.5 million, according to a Feb. Read more...

Photo: The Twiford foundation, which invests in humanities and cultural education, donated 12 violins and bows to the Herb Alpert School of Music. Among the collection was a Stradivarius violin, which is now the second in UCLA’s collection. (Daily Bruin file photo)

A Closer Look, News, Westwood

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February 14, 12:46 am

Westwood Village Farmers’ Market hosts a wide variety of vendors

One block away from UCLA, one day a week, vendors line up under shaded booths on Broxton Avenue to sell everything from salmon to skin care products. Read more...

Photo: Cori Jacobs is a grammy-nominated composer and keyboardist who has worked with big names such as the Pussycat Dolls and Beyonce. He left a job at a Fortune-500 company for music on the advice of his mentor, a spoken-word poet. (Sofia Gonzalez/Daily Bruin)

Campus, News

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February 14, 12:31 am

USAC negotiates lower laundry costs on the Hill through 2040

Students can do a load of laundry on the Hill for $1 less starting next month, following a price reduction effort led by student government and housing officials. Read more...

Photo: A load of laundry will cost $1 less – from $2.75 to $1.75 – after March 1 following a price reduction effort led by the Undergraduate Students Association Council and UCLA Housing. (Marilyn Chavez-Martinez/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Los Angeles, National, News, Transportation, Westwood

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February 14, 12:26 am

Westwood-Downtown LA subway megaproject receives over $1B in funding

Over $1 billion in federal funding will finance the last section of a subway line extension to Westwood. The United States Department of Transportation granted $1.3 billion on Tuesday for Section 3 of the Purple Line extension, a subway line that will connect Westwood to Downtown Los Angeles by 2027. Read more...

Photo: A planned subway extension connecting Westwood to Downtown Los Angeles received a $1.3 billion federal grant on Tuesday. The funding will help Metro complete the project by 2027.(Daily Bruin file photo)

Campus, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health

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February 13, 8:36 pm

Science Policy Group at UCLA hosts Q&A for LA district attorney candidates

Candidates for the office of Los Angeles District Attorney pledged to rely on science in prosecutions at a UCLA event Wednesday. The candidate Q&A at Geffen Hall was hosted by the Science Policy Group at UCLA, a student group that advocates for social issues related to science, health, technology and the environment. Read more...

Photo: The Science Policy Group at UCLA, a student group that advocates for social issues related to science, health, technology and the environment, hosted a Q&A for candidates for the office of Los Angeles District Attorney on Wednesday. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)

News, Science & Health

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February 13, 12:21 am

UCLA researchers track, predict cancer evolution with new software

UCLA researchers have developed software to estimate the rate at which tumors evolve. Researchers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Belgium conducted the study, which was published in the Nature Biotechnology journal in January. Read more...

Photo: Paul Boutros, a data scientist and professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine, recently co-authored an international study which used a software-based tool to estimate the rate at which tumors evolve. (Daily Bruin file photo)


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