Homelessness Awareness Week, an event meant to educate students about homelessness in Los Angeles, is happening until Friday at various locations across campus and on the Hill. Read more...
Campus, News
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April 23, 12:53 am
Bruins offer activities for Homelessness Awareness Week
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April 23, 12:50 am
Mathematics of Politics talks data analysis, campaigns
During the height of the Enlightenment, French mathematician and philosopher Marquis de Condorcet first brought together the diverse disciplines of mathematics and politics in his renowned study of voting methods. Read more...
Photo: Congressmen Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton) gave a lecture on election campaigning Tuesday, where he discussed the role of math and data in informing campaign decisions. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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April 23, 12:22 am
Nobel Prize winner Arieh Warshel gives lecture at UCLA
Arieh Warshel, who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry, presented a free, public seminar on Monday called “Multiscale Modeling of Complex Biological Systems and Processes.” Warshal and two other scientists were presented the award last year for their work in “the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems.” The event was part of UCLA’s physical chemistry seminar series and was sponsored by the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and by the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. Read more...
Crime, News
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April 22, 1:42 pm
Pretrial hearing for Omar Arce set for May 30
Former undergraduate student government officer Omar Arce will next appear in court May 30 for a pretrial hearing, according to a Los Angeles Superior Court spokesman. Read more...
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April 22, 11:00 am
Supreme Court upholds Michigan’s affirmative action ban
This post was updated at 6:40 p.m. The Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved affirmative action ban in Michigan that is similar to California’s on Tuesday. A federal appeals court had previously ruled in Schuette v. Read more...
News, Westwood
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April 22, 12:27 am
Family on same page running local shop Flax Pen to Paper
The late afternoon sunlight caught the glint of lacquer fountain pens and signature greeting cards in one of Westwood’s oldest family businesses. Flax Pen to Paper, originally named M. Read more...
Photo: Joan Flax and Philip Clark run their family business, Flax Pen to Paper, on Gayley Avenue. (Sonja Bartlett/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News, Student Government
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April 22, 12:22 am
USAC Finance Committee chair to resign before term ends
The chair of the undergraduate student government’s finance committee for the past two school years will resign in May, about a month before her term is set to expire. Read more...
Photo: Current undergraduate student government Finance Committee Chair Cynthia Jasso plans to resign a month early. The position will be filled by her vice chair, Cindy Wang. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin)