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February 12, 12:49 am

‘A wild animal’: Squirrels on UCLA campus create memories, make mischief

“You can’t spend a day walking around UCLA and not see a squirrel. That’s an impossible day,” said Peter Nonacs, vice chair of the ecology and evolutionary biology department. Read more...

Photo: A collage of squirrels is pictured. The eastern fox squirrel is the most common type of squirrel on UCLA’s campus and can be found foraging, hoarding nuts and attempting to eat students’ food on a daily basis. (Photo illustration by Mia Tavares/Daily Bruin senior staff. Photos by Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff, Lucine Ekizian/Daily Bruin senior staff and Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A Closer Look, Campus, News, Science & Health

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February 12, 12:39 am

Bruin Beekeepers at UCLA preserve on-campus hives, share honey with community

Locked behind a keypad door on the roof of the Life Sciences Building is UCLA’s apiary – a collection of beehives carefully maintained by the Bruin Beekeepers club. Read more...

Photo: The Bruin Beekeepers club maintains the school’s apiary on the roof of the Life Sciences Building. The collected honey will be delivered to the Community Programs Office food closet. (Courtesy of Zoya Alam)

A Closer Look, Campus, News, Science & Health

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February 9, 11:34 pm

In Plain Sight: UCLA nurses overcome barriers beyond the bedside to advocate for, help patients

Beep, click, slam. Then-newly hired nurse Kemi Reeves sat alone in her car, processing her first day of work. That day, she saw nurses managing very sick patients – patients who at smaller hospitals would be in intensive care units but were placed into her intermediate care unit at UCLA, she said. Read more...

Photo: Amy Castillo is pictured. The clinical nurse manager has been at UCLA since 2001 and works in the 6 West unit of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, which specializes in post-vascular, orthopedic and plastic surgical care. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)

A Closer Look, Academics, News

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February 6, 10:37 pm

UCLA psychology study finds adolescents prefer social media for authenticity

Adolescents find social media to be the most authentic media form, according to a new Center for Scholars and Storytellers at UCLA study. CSS, an adolescent-centered research group within the psychology department, published its annual “Teens and Screens” report to gain a better understanding of American teenagers’ perspectives about the media. Read more...

Photo: A person scrolls through Instagram. Adolescents find social media to be the most authentic media form, according to a new Center for Scholars and Storytellers at UCLA study. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A Closer Look, Campus, Higher Education, International, News

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February 6, 7:42 pm

Saudi student named as UCLA’s 1st international, 13th-ever Rhodes Scholar

When the Rhodes Scholarship selection committee congratulated a “Mohammed” as the first of two winners from Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Alharthi’s first reaction was, “Who is that Mohammed? Read more...

Photo: Pictured is Mohammed Alharthi, who was named UCLA’s 13th-ever and first international student Rhodes Scholar. (Courtesy of Misk Foundation)

A Closer Look, Campus, Fire, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health

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February 4, 10:55 pm

UCLA students create website to keep community informed during LA wildfires

As multiple wildfires burned in Los Angeles County, Kyle Jeong came back to his dorm to find his roommate switching between computer tabs. As he left UCLA to return home, Jeong had an idea – a single website for the Bruin community to stay updated. Read more...

Photo: A computer displaying the Westwood Wildfire Watch site is pictured. Kyle Jeong, a third-year mathematics of computation student, spearheaded the development of the site. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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