Food has become more than just fuel – alongside nourishing our bodies, it taps into our emotions and can infiltrate our minds. In a country known for its freedom, columnist Zinnia Finn will explore the extent to which American culture is tethered to food and the depths to which we each experience this relationship in everyday life. Read more...
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This post was updated Nov. 21 at 11:18 a.m. Odalys and Yarely Cuevas are hand-pouring fragrance oils and familial meaning into each CANDE candle. Odalys Cuevas, a fourth-year biology student, and her younger sister Yarely Cuevas, a second-year pre-nursing student at UCSD, created the Instagram-based candle company @candecandles in July. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year biology student Odalys Cuevas co-founded the Instagram-based candle business, CANDE Candles, with her sister Yarely Cuevas in July. She said their connection to their family has manifested in multiple aspects of the brand, including its logo, various scent combinations and its name. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA is home to some of the world’s leading researchers and experts – better known to students as professors. It’s time to tap into the knowledge and wisdom UCLA professors have to offer. Read more...
Photo: With 19 years of experience at the California Institute of the Arts, professor Lap Chi Chu is the newest addition to UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television as the head of the lighting department. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
Food has become more than just fuel – alongside nourishing our bodies, it taps into our emotions and can infiltrate our minds. In a country known for its freedom, columnist Zinnia Finn will explore the extent to which American culture is tethered to food and the depths to which we each experience this relationship in everyday life. Read more...
Photo: Second-year pre-computational and systems biology student Wendy Su said her sourdough journey began out of quarantine boredom, but she now feels a sense of attachment and obligation to care for her starter. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
Food has become more than just fuel – alongside nourishing our bodies, it taps into our emotions and can infiltrate our minds. In a country known for its freedom, columnist Zinnia Finn will explore the extent to which American culture is tethered to food and the depths to which we each experience this relationship in everyday life. Read more...
Photo: (Ashley Kenney/ Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Nov. 15 at 6:09 p.m. Eat, raid and plunder. These central tenets of Viking life are recreated faithfully and grandiosely in “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla,” in which players live out the violent and exploratory lives of Scandinavian warriors in full detail. Read more...
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Geography professor Juan Herrera embodies the notion that representation matters in academia. Herrera, a first-generation scholar and UCLA alumnus, said he never predicted he would someday be in the shoes of his past professors. Read more...
Photo: Geography professor Juan Herrera said he uses his background as a first-generation scholar and immigrant as a source of pride. He applies his real-life experiences in the classroom to make his lectures more relatable to students. (Courtesy of Juan Herrera)
