The six candidates running for seats representing Westwood have raised more than $15 million combined for the midterm election, the most expensive the community has seen in years. Read more...
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October 31, 8:08 am
Almuni, philanthropists donate $2M to UCLA School of Dentistry
Two UCLA alumni recently donated $2 million to the UCLA School of Dentistry. The donation from philanthropists Bob and Marion Wilson establishes the Bob and Marion Wilson Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will be used to increase scholarship funding for future dentistry students. Read more...
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October 31, 8:01 am
UCLA unveils new Edie & Lew Wasserman Building, research center
Campus officials unveiled the new Edie & Lew Wasserman Building, a research center and patient-care facility, at a private ceremony earlier this week. The building is dedicated to the late philanthropists Edie Wasserman and Lew Wasserman, who were among UCLA’s most ardent supporters, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...
Photo: The Edie & Lew Wasserman building will house the David Geffen School of Medicine’s Institute of Urologic Oncology, the Department of Neurosurgery and the Jules Stein Eye Institute. (Eu Ran Kwak/Daily Bruin)
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October 30, 12:31 pm
UCLA students participate in “Carry that Weight”
Inspired by and in cooperation with the ‘Carry That Weight’ project of Columbia student Emma Sulkowitz, UCLA students join to show support for survivors of sexual assault. Read more...
Photo: (Alena Maschke/Daily Bruin)
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October 30, 1:49 am
USAC secures funding for Circle of 6 campus safety app
A UCLA-specific campus safety application for smartphones will soon be available to students, after more than a year of attempts to secure funding by UCLA student leaders. Read more...
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October 30, 1:33 am
Grant funds clinical trials for stem cell therapy at UCLA
UCLA and UC Irvine recently received a five-year $8 million grant to support clinical trials aimed at treating certain diseases using stem cells, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...
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October 30, 1:30 am
Students carry mattresses in solidarity with sexual assault survivors
Sexual assault survivors and advocates carried mattresses covered in the handwritten accounts of their experiences with gender-based violence in a student-led demonstration Wednesday. The event was inspired by Emma Sulkowicz, a Columbia University student who lost her disciplinary case against the man she claimed raped her in a university dorm room two years ago. Read more...
Photo: Students carry mattresses through Bruin Plaza and across other walks of campus to symbolize the emotional weight that survivors of sexual assault carry each day. The students marched in a loop, past Murphy Hall, through UCLA’s sculpture garden and back to the Bruin Bear. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)