UCLA will host the first Luskin Neuroscience and Society Conference Friday to allow faculty from different parts of campus to discuss the implications of neuroscience in everyday life. Read more...
News, Science & Health
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October 9, 1:56 am
Luskin conference to discuss implications of neuroscience in society
Campus, News
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October 9, 1:56 am
Berky Nelson remembered for four decades of service as mentor, role model
H. Viscount “Berky” Nelson, a respected UCLA mentor, director and mediator, died Oct. 5 in Los Angeles at the age of 76, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Read more...
Photo: Berky Nelson, a respected UCLA mentor, director and mediator, died Oct. 5 at the age of 76 after a length battle with cancer. He began working at UCLA in 1969 and later established a foundation he would spend 40 years working for. (Courtesy of Christopher Nelson)
News, Westwood
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October 9, 12:50 am
Women’s boutique Francesca’s to open doors in Westwood Village
Francesca’s, a contemporary women’s clothing and accessories boutique, will open Saturday in Westwood Village, adding another retail store to the area. The store, opening south of Weyburn Avenue on Westwood Boulevard, will offer hand-selected clothing and accessories, said Michelle Giacalone, the chain’s district manager. Read more...
Campus, News, Podcasts, Video
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October 8, 3:43 pm
Students protest Sig Ep, Alpha Phi raid, call on UCLA to address racism
Students dressed in black marched to Chancellor Gene Block’s office Thursday afternoon to protest the “Kanye Western” themed raid held Tuesday night, which was organized by the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority. Read more...
Photo: Students marched to Murphy Hall chanting “Our culture, not a costume,” among other chants. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
News
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October 8, 4:07 am
UCLA researchers develop camera, technique to find cancerous tissue
With steady arms, Harrison Cheng raised a camera up to a metal beam while his colleague inched slowly toward it, securing it with a screwdriver. The two researchers carefully assembled a camera arm that would hang over surgeries to take photographs of cancerous tissue. Read more...
Photo: Harrison Cheng, researcher and graduate student in engineering, holds the camera steady as Zachary Tom, researcher and second-year bioengineering student, screws it to a metal beam. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
News
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October 8, 4:06 am
Entrepreneurship resources grow for UCLA undergraduate students
Brian Shedd changed out of a T-shirt and jeans into business casual clothes to sneak into entrepreneurship events when he was an engineering graduate student in 2006. Read more...
Photo: Troy Carter, Shark Tank judge and founder of Smashd Labs speaks at an event for Innovation Week. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin staff)
Crime, News, Westwood
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October 7, 7:56 pm
LAPD determines suspicious package did not contain bomb
Police determined Wednesday that a suspicious package on Kelton Avenue did not contain a bomb. The Los Angeles Police Department received a call around noon reporting a suspicious cardboard box, said Arren Jefferson, LAPD spokesperson. Read more...
Photo: Police determined Wednesday that a suspicious package on Kelton Avenue did not contain a bomb. (Austin Yu/ Daily Bruin senior staff)