The journal Science officially retracted a research study co-authored by a UCLA graduate student Thursday after multiple irregularities were found in the study last week. The study, which was conducted by political science graduate student Michael LaCour and Columbia University Professor Donald Green, suggested that conversing with advocates for same-sex marriages results in an increase […]
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Students divided over fee increase referendum for group event funding
This article was updated at 2:59 p.m. on April 30. Some students groups are pushing to pass a quarterly $3 fee increase referendum this week to combat decreases in undergraduate student government funds, while other students are questioning why they should have to pay for it. If passed, the student group event referendum would generate […]
Q&A: Newly appointed dean shares thoughts on, goals for engineering school
UCLA announced Friday that Jayathi Murthy will be the new dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science starting Jan. 1, 2016. Daily Bruin reporter Chandini Soni spoke with Murthy, who is currently the chair of the mechanical engineering department at the University of Texas at Austin, about her plans as dean […]
New dean announced for School of Engineering and Applied Science
UCLA announced Friday the new dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science who will begin her term next January. Jayathi Murthy, who is currently the chair and a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, will become the new dean effective Jan. 1, 2016 when she joins […]
SJP members address divestment resolution at town hall meeting
About 100 students met in a Haines Hall classroom Monday to fine-tune the language of a divestment resolution the undergraduate student government will vote on next week. Students for Justice in Palestine members are drafting the resolution, which may call for the University of California to divest from several companies that some students say profit […]
Animals visit campus for Pet Advocacy Day
A brown-and-white pitbull named Apple greeted passersby on Bruin Walk Wednesday with slobbery smiles and sloppy kisses as a part of Pet Advocacy Day. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Community Service Commission organized the event in collaboration with animal shelters in Los Angeles, such as Karma Rescue and No-Kill Los Angeles. The commission plans to […]
UCLA receives $3M grant to help lessen effects of secondhand smoke
UCLA researchers will receive a $3 million grant to counteract the effects of secondhand smoke among low-income black and Latino families in Los Angeles, officials announced last week. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will give the grant to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research over the next three years. The center […]