Tuesday, March 31

Required Taste: Discovering our ancestry and culture starts at the family dinner table

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: (Shari Wei/Daily Bruin)





Lessons of growth stem from student’s budding social media plant account

Michelle Tran’s plants overgrew the boundaries of her camera roll and established roots on social media. The fourth-year human biology and society student created an Instagram account, @plantedbymich, in May to document her plant collection. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year human biology and society student Michelle Tran, said her Instagram account @plantedbymich grew from boredom in quarantine, but the account has now amassed more than 1,800 followers. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)



With bold strokes, student uses her art as medium for activism

This post was updated Nov. 1 at 6:17 p.m. Bright colors and bold strokes may draw the eye, but it’s the social and political activism behind Brenda Barrios’ work that encourages patrons to stay. Read more...

Photo: Brenda Barrios blends social and political critique in her art. The third-year transfer art student has partnered with Rock the Vote to promote voting in Latino communities through her work. (Lauren Kim/Daily Bruin)