Actress Kate Hudson said she taught women in Cambodia how to sustain crops for their families and local schools during a service trip with the United Nations World Food Programme. Read more...
Photo: Michael Kors and Kate Hudson said students have more influence on social media than they might think. They went on to say students can have an impact even without fame or wealth. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 7 at 11:08 a.m. Jaredd Franco said she was trapped in an elevator in Rieber Hall for two hours with 11 other students during the 2018 Transfer Summer Program. Read more...
Photo: (Jennifer Lin/Daily Bruin contributor)
This post was updated Nov. 8 at 10:14 a.m. A UCLA alumnus helped win a lawsuit against agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto, whose herbicide Roundup has been linked to cancer cases throughout the United States. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Brent Wisner said Dewayne Johnson regularly used Roundup while working as a groundskeeper for Benicia Unified School District. He received a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma after two years of regular exposure. (Courtesy of Todd Cheney)
UCLA’s recent purchase of a historic theater is the newest in a long string of local property acquisitions by the university in Westwood. The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture announced its acquisition of the Crest Theater in Westwood in late October. Read more...
Photo: Kristy Edmunds, executive and artistic director of CAP at UCLA said ownership of the Crest Theater allows CAP to host more small productions than a rental space or Royce Hall. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
Camille Ng volunteered at orphanages as a teenager, where she witnessed drastic conditions that left children shivering and neglected. The issue of neglected foster children resonated with Ng, a second-year biology student, because she was an orphan herself. Read more...
Photo: Camille Ng, left, found Hugs in a Blanket in 2016 to help underprivileged communities. Melissa Palacios, right, is one of the initial signatories who helped Ng found the club. (Jocelyn Dao/Daily Bruin)
A voter registration campaign made up of student activists, student government members and a dog named Zeus has registered roughly 3,000 students to vote for the midterm election. Read more...
Photo: Arden Levy, a co-director of BruinsVOTE!, said alumni brought their dog, Zeus, to a volunteer training. Zeus was given a BruinsVOTE! T-shirt and helped students register voters for the day. (Courtesy of Louise Weiss-Reitz)
Students spent their Saturday exploring historical and cultural sites in Downtown Los Angeles on the first Diverse City Tour of the year. The Diverse City Tours program, housed under the Cultural Affairs Commission within the Undergraduate Students Association Council, allows students to venture outside Westwood and learn more about Los Angeles for free. Read more...
Photo: Students went on the first Diverse City Tour of the year Saturday, visiting historical and cultural sites in Downtown Los Angeles such as the Last Bookstore, the Bradbury Building and the “Pope of Broadway” mural. The tour is housed under the Cultural Affairs Commission. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
