A state bar commission recently awarded a grant to the UCLA School of Law and two other law schools to help new lawyers launch and develop firms to help clients who are unable to afford high-priced attorneys. Read more...
Campus, News
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January 15, 12:36 am
Law school receives grant to help launch firms for low-income clients
Campus, News, Student Government
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January 14, 12:09 pm
USAC votes to change surplus distribution formula, invest in endowment
The undergraduate student government unanimously voted Tuesday night to invest $10,000 of its surplus funds into its endowment and to change the formula by which surplus funding is distributed across funds that support student group programming. Read more...
Photo: USAC members voted on how to spend this year’s surplus in a meeting Tuesday night. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News, Student Government
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January 14, 3:01 am
Turkish Cultural Club appeals against ASA resolution to divest from Turkey
This article has been updated at 8:36 p.m. on Jan. 14. The Turkish Cultural Club appealed to the undergraduate student government Tuesday to vote against a resolution drafted by the Armenian Students’ Association calling for the University of California to divest from the Republic of Turkey. Read more...
Photo: The Turkish Cultural Club appealed to the undergraduate student government Tuesday to vote against a resolution drafted by the Armenian Students’ Association calling for the University of California to divest from the Republic of Turkey. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
News
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January 14, 2:55 am
UCRP’s unfunded liability proves burdensome to employees, taxpayers
The University of California Retirement Plan, long-touted as a vital benefit received through UC employment, has become a strain on the University’s financial health and a backseat driver of the system’s fiscal policy. Read more...
News, Science & Health
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January 14, 2:45 am
UCLA SUPRASTUDIO collaboration sparks progress for hyperloop project
A full-scale wooden model of a hyperloop capsule stood in one room of the studio as students discussed potential designs for it next door, their desks cluttered with illustrations, measurements and laptops running animations of the futuristic transportation system. Read more...
Photo: Students and researchers designing the hyperloop capsule brainstorm and collaborate in a studio in Playa Vista. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Crime, News
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January 14, 2:29 am
Man arrested in connection with UCLA alumnus stabbing to stand trial
A judge ordered a Los Angeles man Tuesday to stand trial for the attempted murder of UCLA alumnus John DeMartini on Christmas Eve. Edris Lamont Banks, 46, appeared in front of L.A. Read more...
Campus, News
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January 13, 6:19 pm
Geffen School of Medicine dean resigns, accepts position at Duke
The vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA resigned Chancellor Gene Block announced on Tuesday. Read more...