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October 20, 10:51 pm

Annual race held at UCLA raises over $400K for pancreatic cancer research

About 2,000 participants ran or walked five kilometers Sunday to raise awareness and funds for pancreatic cancer. Runners, volunteers and families filled Wilson Plaza on Sunday morning at the 22nd Annual LA Cancer Challenge. Read more...

Photo: About 2,000 runners and walkers gathered in Wilson Plaza to participate in the 22nd Annual LA Cancer Challenge. The event’s goal was to raise funding and awareness for pancreatic cancer, and benefitted the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)

National, News

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October 20, 10:48 pm

Postelection survey headed by UCLA professors receives $1 million grant

A UCLA-led group of researchers received a $1 million grant to run and expand a survey studying racial and ethnic trends in politics that will follow the 2020 election. Read more...

Photo: Lorrie Frasure-Yokley (left), a professor of political science and African American studies at UCLA, and Matt Barreto (right), a professor of political science and Chicana/o studies at UCLA, are leading a nationwide postelection survey of both voters and nonvoters called the Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)

A Closer Look, Campus, News

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October 19, 5:41 pm

Event aims to increase ‘cliteracy,’ open conversation about female sexuality

This post was updated Oct. 20 at 10:55 p.m. Sexual pleasure and accurate sexual information are essential for healthy relationships, a psychology professor said at a campus event Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Female sexuality activist and psychology professor Laurie Mintz (left) and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” actress Rachel Bloom (right) answered questions from the audience about the importance of the pleasure of sex for women at a campus event Thursday. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)

News, Science & Health

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October 17, 11:56 pm

Study finds suppressing particular mutation could limit the effects of Huntington’s

A UCLA study has potentially identified a method to halt the progression of Huntington’s disease and alleviate some of the damage it causes, according to a university press release. Read more...

Photo: Baljit S. Khakh, a professor of physiology and neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, led a study which identified a method that could halt the progression of Huntington’s disease and alleviate some of the damage it causes. (Daily Bruin file photo)

News

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October 17, 11:54 pm

LA intersection renamed to honor LGBTQ+, black-rights activist Jewel Thais-Williams

Jewel Thais-Williams’ Catch One disco nightclub has served as a safe space for black and queer communities in Los Angeles for 40 years. Thais-Williams, a UCLA alumna, cultivated Catch One until 2015 after purchasing the dance bar in 1973. Read more...

Photo: Jewel Thais-Williams owned Catch One, a disco on Pico Boulevard, from 1973 to 2015. The disco appealed to the black and queer communities in Los Angeles. The city council president named the intersection of Pico Boulevard and Norton Avenue after her Oct. 5. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)

A Closer Look, Campus, News

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October 17, 11:48 pm

Enigma club members bond over RPGs, blackjack and campuswide games of vampire tag

Next week, Enigma members will don sneakers, pick up maps and chase each other across campus. This week was quieter – students gambled chips to win a set of role-playing-game dice. Read more...

Photo: Members of Enigma, a science fiction and fantasy gaming club on campus, participate in activities ranging from tabletop role-playing games to vampire tag. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin Staff)

Campus, News

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October 17, 11:40 pm

Black students in LA still face significant barriers in education, UCLA study finds

Educational policies have to address both in-school and out-of-school factors in order to overcome the barriers that black students face in the County of Los Angeles, a UCLA study found. Read more...

Photo: A study from the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies found that black children in Los Angeles county face educational, health and social disadvantages. Failing to recognize the connections between education, health and poverty makes it difficult for policy to effectively counter these disadvantages, according to the study. (Daily Bruin file photo)


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