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February 26, 11:45 pm

Missing meteorite samples from UCLA collection found on eBay listing

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 2:10 p.m. Jason Utas has long been in the craft of buying and selling meteorites. But Utas – a graduate student studying earth, planetary and space sciences – said that in 2022 he found something particularly unusual on eBay, an online marketplace and auction site. Read more...

Photo: Over 1,500 meteorites and celestial objects are housed in UCLA’s Meteorite Museum, the largest meteorite collection on the West Coast. One of UCLA’s meteorites was recently listed on eBay, causing controversy. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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February 26, 1:46 pm

AFSCME Local 3299, UPTE-CWA 9119 march across UCLA campus, disrupting dining halls

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 1:05 a.m. The Daily Bruin covers breaking news events as they happen. This page will cover the latest from the February 2025 strikes and will provide the most important updates in a summary of the strike as it happens. Read more...

Photo: Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 picket on the UCLA campus. The union is striking against the UC on Wednesday and Thursday. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)

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February 26, 1:45 am

UCLA Blood & Platelet Center hosts annual Black History Month blood drive

UCLA Blood & Platelet Center hosted its annual Black History Month Blood Drive in the De Neve Plaza Rooms on Feb. 13. Undergraduate students volunteered and participated in the event – which has run for four consecutive years – with the support of groups such as the Black Bruin Resource Center. Read more...

Photo: People participate in the annual Black History Month Blood Drive. The event has run for four years straight and aimed to increase the availability of diverse blood types. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)

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February 26, 1:36 am

UAW Local 4811 leaders meet to fight National Institutes of Health funding cuts

Members of the United Auto Workers Local 4811 joined students across the UC on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s cuts in National Institutes of Health funding. Read more...

Photo: Sydney Campbell presents during a union-wide meeting focused on implementing strategies to fight the NIH funding cuts. (Courtesy of UAW Local 4811 Communications)

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February 26, 1:22 am

Thousands of workers from AFSCME 3299 and UPTE-CWA 9119 to strike across UC

Two unions have called on nearly 60,000 workers to strike across the UC starting Wednesday. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents patient care, service and skilled craft workers, called for its second strike against the UC this academic year for Wednesday and Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Bernie Sanders speaks at a 2019 rally for the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299. UPTE-CWA 9119 and AFSCME Local 3299 will strike across the UC starting Wednesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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February 17, 11:16 pm

Examining the exception: UCLA chemists discover caveat to century-old rule

A once well-established chemistry law now has an asterisk attached after a challenge from UCLA researchers. Neil Garg, a distinguished professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department, said molecules known as anti-Bredt olefins – which violate Bredt’s rule, a rule that has stood for a hundred years – cannot have double bonds in specific positions under certain conditions. Read more...

Photo: (Valerie Liman/Daily Bruin)


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