For Bob Woodward, everyone, especially the media, needs to take some Valium and calm down. Reporters have become too embroiled in the war between the president of the United States and the media, he said. Read more...
Photo: Bob Woodward, a Pulitzer prize winning journalist, spoke at UCLA during the annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Series. Past speakers have included David Brooks and Larry King. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
Los Angeles residents may be able to buy alcohol later at night if a California senate bill is passed. Senate Bill 58, which would extend alcohol serving hours for businesses to 4 a.m., received support and opposition from local governing bodies. Read more...
Photo: If Senate Bill 58 is approved, Los Angeles and other cities could extend alcohol serving hours by two hours. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science received $5 million to fund an engineering program for women, a university press release announced Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Stacey Nicholas donated $5 million to the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science to create a permanent fund for its Women in Engineering program. Nicholas is an alumna of the school of engineering, where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Student government officials appointed a new election board chair mid-March amid student concerns about comments made by the appointee that some considered to be anti-Semitic. Kyana Shajari, a third-year psychology student, was appointed election chair by the Undergraduate Student Association Council at its March 12 meeting. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council appointed Kyana Shajari as election board chair, a week after voting to remove its original chair, Richard White. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council representing Westwood Village and UCLA to LA City Council. Council meetings are open to the public and held monthly. Read more...
UCLA researchers developed a fire-resistant device that monitors the safety of people working in extreme environments. Richard Kaner, a distinguished professor of inorganic chemistry who led the research, said the device generates electric signals from a person’s movement to monitor for signs of stillness that indicate the wearer might be in danger. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Dr. Abdelsalam Ahmed/McMaster University) A device created by UCLA researchers generates electric signals from a person’s movement. The device can monitor for signs of stillness that indicate the wearer might be in danger.
The City of Los Angeles completed a month-long project in March to reduce the number of potholes in Los Angeles. The “pothole blitz” project, a City of LA Bureau of Street Services initiative, aimed to identify and repair potholes in LA after frequent winter rains caused an increase in road damage across the city. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services concluded a month-long pothole repair project, which began in March in response to frequent rains earlier in the year. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin staff)
