The University Religious Conference at UCLA, which houses several student organizations, will vote to sell its Hilgard Avenue property April 14. The URC building, built in 1951, hosts a variety of religious and campus-affiliated organizations including UCLA UniCamp and Meals on Wheels of West Los Angeles. Janet Doak, URC Board of Directors president, said the […]
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UCLA researchers develop personalized medicine to treat cancer
A set of algorithms and graphs developed by UCLA researchers could help clinicians determine how much medicine a cancer patient needs to maximize tumor shrinkage. Doctors, professors and graduate students at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center began to devise an individualized method of treatment called phenotypic personalized medicine, or PPM, about 15 months ago that […]
Road closures to accompany President Barack Obama in Westwood
Several roads around Westwood will be closed Thursday and Friday while President Barack Obama visits West Los Angeles, police said. He will stay at the W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills hotel in Westwood Village for one night. Obama is traveling to the area to attend Democratic fundraisers, including an event at Walt Disney […]
UCLA, NASA researchers use fungi, satellites to predict climate change
UCLA and NASA researchers can use satellite images to predict how climate change may affect forest habitats. Scientists can use fungi to predict where forests are more or less likely to adapt to and survive a warming climate, said Joshua Fisher, lead UCLA researcher. The study was conducted between 2014 and 2016 and was accepted […]
UC increases freshman admissions offers to California residents
About 15 percent more California resident freshman applicants than last year were admitted to University of California campuses for fall 2016, according to data released Monday. A total of 66,123 California high school students were admitted to the UC, according to preliminary data released by the UC Office of the President. The admission rate for […]
Vigil held for UCLA student who died at Reagan Medical Center
A UCLA student died Friday at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center, according to an email from UCLA Housing Services. He was 21. Brian Kuan, a third-year cognitive science student who transferred from California Polytechnic State University Pomona, lived in the De Neve Holly dorm. Kuan was from Walnut, California, according to his Facebook page. […]
Two new slates, three total, to run 19 candidates in May USAC election
Nineteen candidates will run in the upcoming spring election, the undergraduate student government Election Board confirmed Saturday. Three slates, or student-run political groups, will be running candidates in the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council election in May. Two of the three slates, Waves of Change and MakeUCLAGreatAgain, are newly registered. Two slates, Bruins United and […]