Land developers in Westwood may have an easier time applying for a land use permit if a new amendment is adopted by the Los Angeles City Council. Read more...
Photo: An amendment to the zoning section of the Los Angeles Municipal Code may make it easier for land developers to apply for a land use permit in places like Westwood. (Axel Lopez/Assistant Photo editor)
A UCLA professor was elected to the National Academy of Medicine on Monday. Linda Liau, the chair of neurosurgery in the David Geffen School of Medicine, was elected to the academy for her achievements in studying the immunology of brain tumors and designing clinical trials of vaccines for glioblastomas, according to the National Academy of Medicine website. Read more...
Photo: Linda Liau is the second woman in America and the first Asian-American woman to lead an academic department of neurosurgery, and is part of the six percent of licensed neurosurgeons in the United States who are female. (Photo illustration courtesy of UCLA Health)
This post was updated Oct. 31 at 8:11 p.m. An NBC News reporter said that Snapchat and other social media platforms will play a big role in political outreach during this year’s midterm elections at an event on campus Monday. Read more...
Photo: MSNBC reporter Savannah Sellers visited UCLA Monday to appeal to college-aged voters as part of a tour of swing district universities. (Megana Sekar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A new conservation initiative at UCLA Library will help digitize at-risk cultural items and share them on a UCLA-hosted website. UCLA Library announced Oct. 9 the creation of Documenting Global Voices, a program that aims to preserve endangered symbolic materials of cultures. Read more...
Photo: Documenting Global Voices will identify, fund and collaborate with international organizations that lack the necessary infrastructure and resources to preserve cultural heritage objects. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA College Honors department is testing a new program to address student concerns about a lack of structure and opportunities in the current program. The program will operate alongside the traditional program, which serves about 800 freshmen. Read more...
Photo: The new program will provide students with research opportunities, require them to complete a freshman cluster and capstone seminar, and require students to regularly meet with Honors counselors. (Daily Bruin file photo)
When he was a UCLA undergraduate, Scott Waugh talked with his friends about the Middle Ages over lunch. Now, after more than two decades in administration, Waugh will resume his quest into medieval research. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
This post was updated Oct. 18 at 5:15 p.m. University police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a UCLA student Friday. The man sexually assaulted a female student between midnight and 12:30 a.m. Read more...
Photo: The suspect was described by UCPD as an Indian or Persian individual between the ages of 18 and 23. (Courtesy of UCPD)
