UCLA researchers invented a new aerogel that that can withstand quick temperature changes, offering a better way to insulate spacecrafts traveling to planets with extreme conditions. On planets like Mars, where the temperature fluctuates drastically between day and night, rovers and equipment sent to space require an insulator to keep temperatures constant. Current aerogels used […]
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Students with dependents explain daily challenges balancing college and parenthood
Kristen Payne had a 5-year-old daughter when she started school at UCLA. She said taking care of her daughter doubled her workload as a student. “You go through this routine of getting yourself ready, then getting them ready, making sure that everybody has everything they need,” Payne said. “It was like double everything.” Payne, who […]
Metro amends subway extension budget to $3.2 billion
This post was updated March 11 at 4:40 p.m. The Metro Board amended the budget of The LA Metro Purple Line Extension Project from $1.4 billion to $3.2 billion at its meeting Feb. 28. This budget amendment is to build the third section of the Purple Line Extension, which will pass through Westwood. The Purple […]
UC opposes academic researchers union, cites lack of ‘community of interest’
University of California academic researchers applied for union representation, but the UC is objecting to the proposed unionization. United Auto Workers Local 5810, a union representing over 6,500 postdoctoral researchers at the UC, submitted a petition to California Public Employment Relations Board in September to add academic researchers to the union under a separate bargaining […]
Daily Bruin wins 22 awards at 2019 college media contest
The Daily Bruin won 22 awards at the 2019 California College Media Association contest Saturday. PRIME, the Daily Bruin’s quarterly arts, culture and lifestyle magazine, won three of the publication’s seven first-place awards. PRIME also received a third-place award for Best Magazine. The Bruin’s Instagram took first-place awards for Best Social Media Platform and Best […]
Bruin Tea: Is the question man on Bruin Walk who solicits money from students legitimate?
Quarter system got you down? Have you fallen and can’t get up? Bruin Tea is a series investigating student questions and petty concerns about UCLA. Question: Is the man on Bruin Walk scamming students/visitors for money? I was a student 10 years ago, and he’s still on campus. For nearly 12 years, Andre Oliver has […]
Visiting professor discusses how to incentivize behaviors through economic theory
A Nobel Memorial Prize winner in economics said companies can incentivize people to act in a particular way by taking advantage of the assumption that people would prefer to continue on the same course of action when faced with a decision. Richard Thaler, the winner of the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and […]