UCLA’s two largest political organizations came together to challenge opposing ideas at a debate Thursday. Bruin Political Union hosted the UCLA CrossFire debate at Ackerman Student Union, which featured members from the Bruin Democrats and the Bruin Republicans. Read more...
Photo: Members from Bruin Democrats and the Bruin Republicans debated on issues such as U.S. foreign policy and anti-discrimination laws at the CrossFire debate Thursday evening. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide the Village with functions the city of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
A center that will provide research-based support to improve school systems in Los Angeles and across the country launched at UCLA last week. The UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools hosted a community forum on public education for local high schoolers Nov. Read more...
Raunak Rupani performed mashups of songs in French and Mandarin during an open mic event Wednesday. “An easy way to get to learn about different cultures is to combine it with something you love, and for me it was music,” said Rupani, a fourth-year economics student from Dubai. Read more...
Photo: International students shared their personal stories and thoughts on interacting with people from other cultures at the World at UCLA event on Wednesday. The event featured an open mic and a storytelling gallery. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)
Students in a new University of California advisory board will provide more input on sexual violence and prevention. Applications to serve on the board opened Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Applications for students to serve on the new systemwide Title IX Office Student Advisory Board, which aims to increase student input on sexual violence and its prevention, opened Tuesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Board Judith Gutierrez, UC Student Association president, said UCSA released a report that featured the stories of 13 undocumented students. Gutierrez added UCSA is releasing a regents report card that assigns regents with grades on their visibility on campuses and voting stances. Read more...
Photo: The University of California board of regents met at UC San Francisco for the final day of its bi-monthly meeting. Regents approved action items passed committees the previous day and discussed the results of an investigation that found the UC Office of the President improperly interfered in a state audit. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA researchers have found a new role for a protein involved in muscle function. In a study published Nov. 10, researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry discovered a new role for the human protein FHOD1 in accelerating the assembly of actin, one of the main proteins in the structure of muscles. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers have found the protein FHOD1 actually increases the assembly rates of actin, which is a protein involved in muscle contraction and cell connectivity. (Courtesy of Aanand Patel)
