The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a candidate Thursday for not complying with a previous sanction. The board issued a fourth sanction to independent Academic Affairs commissioner candidate Divya Sharma for social media campaigning while still being sanctioned. Read more...
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April 28, 3:24 pm
ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – April 28
Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Read more...
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April 28, 12:35 am
Professor presents solutions to climate change through video series
A UCLA researcher is investigating how to best frame climate change research in a way that encourages the public to follow environmentally friendly practices. Magali Delmas, a professor of management at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the Anderson School of Management, recently showcased her research in an episode of the video series “Climate Lab” published by Vox news. Read more...
Photo: Muttulingam Sanjayan, a visiting researcher and conservation scientist, films a video for the latest Climate Lab series. The first episode, released last week on Vox, was seen by nearly half a million people. (UCLA Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies)
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April 28, 12:33 am
Anderson duo’s startup K POP Foods offers taste of Korean culture
Theo Lee begins to introduce himself slowly in a grayscale video on his startup’s Kickstarter page when his grandmother suddenly pops up on the screen. “Theo, are you trying to bore them to death?” his grandmother says in Korean. Read more...
Photo: Mike Kim and Theo Lee developed a Korean hot sauce product they hope to market in the United States. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)
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April 28, 12:32 am
UCLA students study acidification of kelp in Santa Monica Bay
One month ago, Ariel Pezner spent nine hours straight aboard a research vessel in the Santa Monica Bay, circulating the waves above an underwater kelp forest. Read more...
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April 28, 12:31 am
Former chief economic adviser Jason Furman gives lecture at UCLA
This article was updated April 28 at 9:57 a.m. The former chief economic adviser for President Barack Obama juggled apples to close a lecture at UCLA on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Jason Furman, President Barack Obama’s former chief economist, delivered the 2017 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development at UCLA on Thursday. (Farida Saleh/Daily Bruin)
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April 28, 12:30 am
UCLA neurologist to start center to streamline epilepsy treatment
A UCLA pediatric neurologist is developing a center that he hopes will treat every adolescent with epilepsy in the city. Jason Lerner, who works at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, is working to gather resources and recruit staff to establish the center, which will treat patients with epilepsy and comorbidities, or other disorders occurring simultaneously. Read more...
Photo: Jason Lerner, a pediatric neurologist at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, aims to create an adolescent epilepsy clinic that will integrate the expertise of many health care providers. (Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)