This post was updated Oct. 24 at 9:05 p.m. The “10 Questions” lecture series, which will address a different question each week, doubles as a course for students and a panel open to the public. The series will explore open-ended questions such as “What is beauty?”, “What is failure?” and “What is knowledge?” Each week’s […]
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UC receives EPA Green Power Leadership Award for sustainability efforts
The University of California system was one of two universities in the nation to receive an award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency last week for its efforts to expand renewable sources of energy. The EPA presented its 18th annual Green Power Leadership Awards on Oct. 10, when it recognized ten companies and universities […]
On-campus coupons for students with meal plans increase in value by $1
Students with meal plans can now save an extra dollar with meal coupons for on-campus restaurants. The Associated Students UCLA announced Oct. 5 that UCLA Dining Services has increased the value of dorm coupons by $1, bringing the value up to $3.45 from $2.45. The Meal Numeration Coupon Program, also known as dorm coupons, allows […]
Election board’s chairlessness sets back process of revising its code
The undergraduate student government promised to overhaul its election code, but has yet to take the first step to do so. Claire Fieldman, the Undergraduate Students Association Council president, announced Aug. 7 the council would rewrite the election code, the procedures governing the election board and election process. The effort to reform election code comes […]
UC Board of Regents reaches settlement following sexual harrassment claim
The University of California Board of Regents settled a sexual harassment case against a prominent faculty member at UC San Francisco for $150,000. Eunice Neeley, a former postdoctoral researcher, filed a complaint against her supervisor Stanton Glantz in December claiming he made lurid remarks toward her, stared at her body and forced her to hug […]
Founders of tortilla company hope to eventually sell food to UCLA Dining
Ronald Alcazar spent years honing his family’s tortilla recipe with his mother for he and his brother’s new tortilla company. Today, the two UCLA alumni have their own tortilla factory and hope to sell their tortillas to UCLA Dining Services. Anthony and Ronald Alcazar, who graduated from UCLA in 2006 and 2012 respectively, started their […]
Campus Queries: How did dogs become domesticated?
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Where did dogs come from? A: If dogs seem preternaturally suited to humans, that’s because they are. Dogs emerged as a different subspecies from gray wolves about 20 to 30 thousand years […]