Both pets and their owners are posing for followers and likes on their social media pages. Many students and alumni are turning to animal-centric social media accounts – such as those focused on dogs, cats and guinea pigs – in their spare time. Read more...
Photo: The cat Roo, featured in the Instagram account @wheresroo, is one of the many UCLA pets who have accumulated a social media following. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
An Instagram influencer without any friends is the paradoxical embodiment of millennial culture. It’s also the foundation of a new web series, “it g(IRL)s,” released on YouTube in June. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year theater student Viva Rose (left) wrote, directed and starred alongside another fourth-year theater student, Jessie Guthrie (right), in “it g(IRL)s,” a YouTube web series centered on an Instagram influencer with no friends. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)
The bitter undertones of coffee are no longer a matter of taste, but of science. Using the popular drink as a teaching tool, Jacob Schmidt, a bioengineering professor, will be teaching Engineering 96A: “Design of Coffee,” which primarily focuses on using core concepts in chemical engineering to create the ideal cup of coffee. Read more...
Photo: According to professor Jacob Schmidt, everything from temperature to the fineness of the roast can impact how one’s morning cup of coffee tastes. The class Engineering 96A: “Design of Coffee” allows students to explore the small details that impact coffee, which Schmidt said allows students to taste the outcome of their experiments. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Photos of happy children can have a real impact on awareness of political conflict. This is the philosophy Nicole Peters, the Strategic Partnerships Manager for Los Angeles-based nonprofit Justice Rising, espoused at a photo gallery exhibition at Upside Down cafe Thursday. Read more...
Photo: The LA-based non-profit Justice Rising hosted a photo gallery exhibition at Upside Down Café featuring photos of the students they help in Eastern Congo. The organization works to promote secondary education in the country, where they build schoolhouses and hire local teachers to educate children. (Tess Horowitz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated August 25 at 9:14 p.m. Followers of social media accounts aren’t the only ones checking over online posts – so are human content moderators. Read more...
Photo: UCLA assistant professor Sarah Roberts analyzed the mental and physical effects of being a social media content moderator in her book, “Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media,” which was released in June. (Courtesy of Stella Kalinina)
Kim Failla found a turtle-shaped night light from her childhood nestled among the wares of the UCLA Thrift Shop. The executive director of UCLA Health Auxiliary said her mother bought the original night light in a North Carolina thrift shop. Read more...
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Binisha Dahal spent her senior year of high school making YouTube videos. The rising second-year anthropology student runs a YouTube channel with over 8,000 subscribers and makes content surrounding college life, including tips on productivity, her daily activities and personal Q&As about UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Rising second-year anthropology student Binisha Dahal runs a YouTube channel through which she aims to depict the reality of the college experience. She provides tips on productivity, her daily activities and personal Q&As about UCLA. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)
