After returning from the army, it took Timothy Perkins more than two years to get the treatment for stress-related hypertension that enabled him to find a job and eventually attend college. Read more...
Photo: The event featured speakers from the UCLA Veterans Legal Clinic, the Veteran Family Wellness Center and Women Vets on Point, who talked about the services they offer to veterans in the Los Angeles. area. (Jenna Smith/Daily Bruin)
The undergraduate student government judicial board declined to consider a petition against the election board on Wednesday. A.J. Goldsman, an independent candidate running for president, filed the petition claiming that the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board unfairly sanctioned him for his campaign signboard frame exceeding the total size restriction, according to a judicial board memorandum to Goldsman. Read more...
Photo: A.J. Golsdman, an independent candidate running for president in the undergraduate student government election, filed a petition against the election board claiming a sanction it issued against him was unfair. The judicial board declined to hear his petition. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A UCLA researcher has identified a key phase of human embryonic cell growth that could explain the causes of infertility and spontaneous miscarriage. In a study published in the journal Nature Cell Biology on April 25, a team of researchers led by Amander Clark, a professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology, analyzed pluripotent cells, which are cells that can turn into any type of cell in the human body. Read more...
Photo: A team of researchers found the cells that did not have the TFAP2C protein do not maintain the naive state and was associated with early miscarriages. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
A new award will recognize students who have helped other students during times of crisis. The Office of the Dean of Students and the undergraduate student government general representative 2’s office created an award called True Bruins R.A.I.S.E, which honors students who have helped other students facing difficult situations, such as sexual assault, mental health challenges or financial crises. Read more...
Photo: Students can get $75 for helping other students who were in times of crisis, under a new program created by the undergraduate student government’s general representative 2’s office and the Office of the Dean for Students. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA faculty remember Lewis Leeburg for his kindness, generosity and enduring love for UCLA. “If he had an opportunity to do something for UCLA, he took it gladly,” said Ephraim McLean, who created UCLA IS Associates with Leeburg in 1978. Read more...
Photo: Lewis Leeburg, who died April 14, helped create UCLA IS Associates, a network of information technology professionals and UCLA students and faculty. (UCLA Newsroom)
UCLA researchers have developed a data-driven method to find hormones that organs and tissues use to communicate with one another. Using their method, the researchers identified two hormones, NOTUM, secreted from the liver, and Lipocalin-5, secreted from fat tissue, that speed up the metabolism of fat in mice, according to a university press release. Read more...
Photo: The researchers identified two hormones, NOTUM, secreted from the liver, and Lipocalin-5, secreted from fat tissue, that speed up the metabolism of fat in mice, according to a university press release. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Metro contractors began preconstruction in Westwood for the LA Metro Purple Line Subway Extension this week. Workers began relocating utility lines and sawing and potholing areas covering Section 3, the part of the Purple Line that covers Wilshire and Westwood boulevards, on Monday. Read more...
Photo: When complete, the LA Metro Purple Line Subway Extension will include two stops in the Westwood area. One will be at the intersection of the Wilshire and Westwood boulevards. (Daily Bruin file photo)
