Dylan Miceli-Nelson took his final steps when he was 14 years old. Doctors diagnosed him with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD, when he was 3 years old. Since then, Nelson’s muscles have deteriorated from the lack of dystrophin in his body, a protein essential for muscle stabilization and repair. He lost the ability to walk […]
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Westwood Gardens Park to undergo renovations by end of summer
The Westwood Gardens Park south of Wilshire Avenue is planned to undergo renovations by the end of this summer, adding exercise equipment, a playground, picnic tables and other enhancements. The new park on Glendon Avenue will also include trees that provide shade, a shade structure and a water fountain, according to the Los Angeles Department […]
Student groups fundraise for Nepal earthquake relief efforts
UCLA students and organizations are selling merchandise and encouraging online donations to collect relief money for Nepal after another earthquake struck the eastern part of the country Tuesday. The 7.3-magnitude earthquake killed 65 people and injured 1,988 more, according to The New York Times. About three weeks ago, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck northwest of the […]
Student groups receive greater cultural event funding from referendum
Dozens of student groups were able to organize better cultural events this school year under a referendum that allowed the Cultural Affairs Commission, an office in the undergraduate student government, to allocate about $100,000 to fund events. UCLA students approved the Arts Restoring Community referendum last year, adding a $1.55 quarterly fee to fund cultural […]
Research program provides resources for undocumented students
Students in a program that provides otherwise unavailable funding to undocumented students will present their research findings Thursday afternoon in Powell Library.
My Last Lecture Award features assistant adjunct professor Randall Rojas
At age 13, Randall Rojas looked to the skies and felt humbled by the serenity and beauty of space. When he first read Albert Einstein’s writings on the forces of nature, he learned about the “theory of everything” – the idea that all physical laws governing the universe can be explained by a single mathematical […]
UCPD looking for suspect of attempted strong-arm robbery
University police are searching for a man wanted for attempting to hit another man and take his wallet near Chick-fil-A in Westwood Village late Sunday. Just before 10 p.m. Sunday, the man was walking near the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue when the suspect told him to hand over his wallet, according […]