Friday, February 6

Students question food safety practices at UCLA dining halls

This post was updated Nov. 3 at 9:20 p.m. Students are raising concerns about unsafe food practices in dining halls following incidents involving undercooked poultry and inaccurate dietary restriction and ingredient labels. Read more...

Photo: Students with dietary restrictions expressed concerns about some dining halls’ food labels, citing inaccurate allergen and dietary restriction information. (Courtesy of Aditya Sundaram)


Students express excitement at reopening of Feast despite limited operations

Feast at Rieber reopened for dinner service Monday. Students lined up in the rain outside of Feast on Monday to eat at the dining hall, which did not open at the start of fall quarter. Read more...

Photo: Feast at Rieber reopened for nightly dinner operations Monday. Students expressed excitement to have another residential dining option despite a lack of menu variety at The Spice Kitchen at Feast. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Venture Accelerator showcase inspires growth in personal, professional settings

In preparation for presenting her business pitch, Emily Smith went boxing. Under a business performance coach’s instruction, Smith and her fellow entrepreneurs at the UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator program boxed punching bags while screaming their pitches to see how they could make their presentations more dynamic. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator held its fall showcase Oct. 27. Founders from ten different start-up companies, with businesses ranging from an online platform to educate veterinarians on exotic animal medicine to an athletic apparel brand, presented to alumni and potential investors and mentors. (Megan Tagami/Daily Bruin)


Bruins foster community through National Transfer Student Week celebrations

Tiffany Linh and other transfer students celebrated National Transfer Student Week over s’mores as the week came to a close. From Oct. 18 to Oct. 22, the Transfer Student Center, Transfer Leadership Coalition and the Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer student representative’s office, along with other UCLA programs, partnered to host a variety of workshops and social events to celebrate National Transfer Student Week at UCLA, ending with pumpkin painting in De Neve Holly and a s’more social at Saxon Suites. Read more...

Photo: UCLA celebrated National Transfer Student Week from Oct. 18 to Oct. 22. The Transfer Student Center collaborated with other UCLA organizations to host a variety of social events and workshops geared toward transfer students. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Celebration marks end of scholarship program honoring UCLA alumnus, paramedic

This post was updated Oct. 21 at 3:50 p.m. More than a decade ago, Emiko Miyara and her family walked into the office of the UCLA Paramedic Education Program looking to start a scholarship in memory of Miyara’s late son. Read more...

Photo: Family and friends of UCLA alumnus Mitch Sekine, as well as past and present members of the UCLA Paramedic Education Program community, pose in front of a newly purchased ambulance simulator at the celebration Saturday. The event marked the conclusion of the Mitch Sekine Memorial Scholarship Fund, which first began in 2010 to support students in the program. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)


AISES at UCLA earns national award for efforts to expand Indigenous presence in STEM

The UCLA chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society won the Professional Chapter of the Year award at the 2021 AISES National Conference on Sept. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society received national recognition for its work to promote professional development for Indigenous students in STEM disciplines. (Anna Syed/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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