The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
A Closer Look, Campus, News, Student Government
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January 27, 3:32 pm
USAC recap – Jan. 22
National, News
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January 25, 8:35 pm
UCLA Technology Development Group president discusses research commercialization
A UCLA technology development expert said the public and private sectors should collaborate more with universities to encourage innovation and research on campus. Amir Naiberg, president and CEO of UCLA Technology Development Group, compared the process of technology transfer between universities and the private sector in the United States and Israel on Wednesday at an event organized by the UCLA Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Read more...
Photo: Amir Naiberg, president and CEO of UCLA Technology Development Group said there should be greater collaboration between the public and private sectors in order to improve the transfer of technology from universities to the commercial market. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, Campus, National, News
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January 24, 11:46 pm
Student organization hosts event to raise awareness of gun violence campaign
UCLA students signed and stamped their handprints to a mural installation to promote gun control at an event Thursday. Bruins for a Safer America, a bipartisan student organization that advocates for gun reform, partnered with the shoe company Toms to host the event to raise awareness about their #EndGunViolenceTogether campaign. Read more...
Photo: Bruins for a Safer America, a bipartisan student organization that advocates for gun reform, partnered with the shoe company Toms to host the event to raise awareness about their #EndGunViolenceTogether campaign. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
A Closer Look, News
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January 24, 11:39 pm
UCLA alumni create online encyclopedia powered by cryptocurrency
Four UCLA alumni developed an online, cryptocurrency-driven encyclopedia to increase inclusivity on the internet. UCLA alumni Sam Kazemian, Travis Moore and Kedar Iyer, along with their friend Mahbod Moghadam, created Everipedia in 2015. Read more...
Photo: Three UCLA alumni, Sam Kazemian, Travis Moore and Kedar Iyer, helped create Everipedia, an online, cryptocurrency-driven encyclopedia in 2015. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin staff)
News, Westwood
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January 24, 11:33 pm
Students join county effort to count homeless population in Westwood Village
Local officials and volunteers walked through Westwood to count the homeless population in order to provide governing agencies with data on areas of growth and improvement. Read more...
Photo: Westwood officials and volunteers walked through Westwood to count the homeless population as part of the annual Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. (Daily Bruin file photo)
News, Science & Health
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January 24, 11:30 pm
UCLA researchers discover new limits of machine learning
UCLA researchers found the limits of deep learning networks – distinguishing between an otter and a can opener. Nicholas Baker, a cognitive psychology graduate student, explored the behaviors of two machine learning networks known as convolutional neural networks, which are well-established machine learning networks capable of visual recognition. Read more...
Photo: (Michelle Fu/Daily Bruin)
News, Westwood
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January 24, 12:51 am
Five former Bruins set to run for upcoming Assembly District 54 delegate election
Five UCLA alumni are running for Assembly District 54 delegate positions with the California Democratic Party. Andrew Lewis, Lindsay Carlson, Isaac Bryan, Naomi Goldman and David Bocarsly are all candidates on the Grassroots Progressives slate, which endorses nine other candidates. Read more...
Photo: (Left to right) Andrew Lewis, Lindsay Carlson, David Bocarlsy and Naomi Goldman are all UCLA alumni running for the running for Assembly District 54 delegate positions with the California Democratic Party. (Daily Bruin staff)