Students now have an additional boba place to choose from in Westwood Village. Sip, which serves matcha boba and other matcha desserts, opened a new location Friday on Weyburn Avenue. Co-owner June Quan said she thinks her restaurant stands out from other boba options in Westwood because it specializes in matcha and offers tea imported […]
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City to review Westwood Forward application at town hall
Students may soon be able to vote to approve a new neighborhood council for Westwood. Westwood Forward, a coalition of students, business owners and homeowners, submitted an application in December to subdivide the current Westwood Neighborhood Council. The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment and the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners, which oversee neighborhood councils, asked Westwood Forward […]
Rare lunar meteorite suggests similarities between the moon and Earth
A new addition to UCLA’s meteorite gallery suggests the moon and Earth are made up of similar elements. The gallery hosted a free public lecture on lunar meteorites Sunday after obtaining a rare lunar meteorite named La’gad, in January. The 185-gram meteorite broke off the moon upon impact from a larger meteorite and landed in […]
UCLA study finds poor sleep quality linked to ethnic discrimination
UCLA researchers have found that teenagers who face ethnic discrimination sleep less than those who do not. In a study published last month, researchers at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute interviewed hundreds of high school students of different ethnic backgrounds, asking them if they agreed […]
Fire breaks outs in Bel-Air home, visible from Janss Steps
This story was updated Feb. 8 at 9:15 p.m. A fire that broke out in a Bel-Air home near campus was partially contained Thursday evening. Firefighters reduced the flames of an attic fire in a large two-story home at 10835 W. Bellagio Rd. by 8:01 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The home, […]
UCLA researchers study effects of traumatic events on depression
UCLA researchers have found that activity in two regions in the brain, along with social support, may lessen symptoms of depression following a traumatic event. In a paper published Monday, researchers at the Staglin IMHRO Center for Cognitive Neuroscience examined and compared a group of individuals who said they were disturbed by the 2016 presidential […]
On-campus organization connects first-generation students, alumni
As a first-generation college student, Juana Hernandez often struggled to find people she could identify with while studying at UCLA and after starting her career. “I felt no representation in books, curriculum, classroom. I routinely thought, ‘was this a mistake?’” she said. “The reality is the more you advance through your career, the less and […]