This post was updated Oct. 10 at 11:47 a.m. A string of restaurants have closed in Westwood over the past few months, adding to an already high vacancy rate. Read more...
Photo: Tanino Ristorante Bar, an upscale Italian restaurant on Westwood Boulevard, closed in July because the landord ended its lease. Some stakeholders say restaurants like Tanino have difficulty relocating in the Village because of the Westwood Village Specific Plan. (Emily Ng/Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers have identified markers in DNA that could predict prostate cancer growth, according to a UCLA research brief. The study, which was published in the journal Nature Medicine on Monday, suggested that predicting the growth of an individual’s prostate cancer may depend on DNA inherited from their parents. Read more...
Photo: Paul Boutros, the director of cancer data science at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the study’s senior author. Researchers from the Jonsson Center worked alongside researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of Manchaster. (Courtesy of Milo Mitchell/UCLA)
A UCLA student-led study found that drones can be used to determine whether ships are following pollution regulations. The drones could help enforce air pollution requirements by examining ships’ emissions through a sensor package, according to the study, which was published in August. Read more...
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Student government leaders deliberated how to hold administrative officials more accountable and increase student engagement at a conference Sunday. The Student Leadership Association of California met at UCLA with student government representatives from a dozen universities including UCLA, Stanford University, the University of Southern California and Occidental College. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate Students Association Council President Robert Watson spoke with student government leaders at the Student Leadership Association of California conference at UCLA on Sunday. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke hosts a town hall at Casa del Mexicano in Boyle Heights, California. Read more...
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke committed to free tuition for the first two years of any college education, a shift from his former stance against free college tuition for all, during a Saturday visit to Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Beto O’Rourke, a Democratic presidential candidate from El Paso, Texas, spoke to hundreds of supporters at La Casa Del Mexicano cultural center in Boyle Heights. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
An influx of light in the center of the Milky Way galaxy may lead to further insight into black holes, UCLA experts suggest. Scientists from the UCLA Galactic Center Group discovered May 13 that the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, at the center of our galaxy had gotten unusually bright. Read more...
Photo: (Andrea Grigsby/Illustrations Director)
