This post was updated Oct. 27 at 5:17 p.m. First-year psychobiology student Sophie Tran told her parents not to visit campus for Bruin Family Weekend this year. Read more...
Photo: Parents and families sit at tables in Dickson Plaza. Students whose parents are attending Bruin Family Weekend must balance Halloween festivities with family plans and their midterm exams. (Valerie Liman / Daily Bruin Staff)
UCLA’s Sigma Nu chapter told the university from 2023-26 that it had fundraised at least $100,000 each year – the highest amount reported among all Greek life chapters. Read more...
Photo: The Sigma Nu house is pictured. UCLA’s Sigma Nu chapter told the university from 2023-26 that it had fundraised at least $100,000 each year but later backtracked, claiming the figures were inaccurate. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Oct. 20 at 10:55 p.m. Students celebrated Filipino and Latino culture at an art gallery in Kerckhoff Hall on Oct. 14. The Filipinx/Latinx Art Gallery was hosted in partnership between three Cultural Affairs Commission programs – The Word on Wednesday, WorldFest and Art Series – and Empowering Latines Against Struggle, a student-run cultural organization. Read more...
Photo: Eliseo Art Silva’s two paintings, “Kayumanggi Ina ng Kalifornia-Brown Madonna of California” (left) and “Sixto Lopez Arriving in Manila Village in 1903” (right), are pictured. Students celebrated Filipino and Latino cultures through visual art, poetry, music and a documentary screening in Kerckhoff Hall on Oct. 14. (Courtesy of Sashi Atkinson Osorio)
This post was updated Oct. 18 at 11:06 p.m. Rotisserie chickens, free samples and everything sold in bulk are the focus of a new club on campus. Read more...
Photo: Members of the UCLA Costco club pose for a photo. The club allows students to bond over their shared love for the store and aims to help them buy ingredients in bulk for their meals. (Aiden Martinez/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Oct. 15 at 9:45 p.m. A new platform is aiming to help UCLA students swap enrollment stress for smoother schedules. Joseph Borna, a fifth-year history student, created ClassSwap over the summer to connect students looking to exchange classes and allow users to share course recommendations and feedback. Read more...
Photo: Empty lecture hall seats are pictured. A new app is helping UCLA students swap enrollment stress for smoother schedules. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated Oct. 13 at 10:19 p.m. The UCLA psychology department will launch a new youth behavioral health minor this winter and will welcome a cohort of more than 100 students. Read more...
Photo: Pritzker Hall is pictured. The UCLA psychology department created a new youth behavioral health minor in response to a shortage of trained mental health workers who can support young people and their families. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a student-conceptualized bill into law Sept. 28 to raise awareness about lung cancer screenings across the state. Senate Bill 1124, conceptualized by members of UCLA’s American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative chapter, requires tobacco retailers to display signs with information about lung cancer screening. Read more...
Photo: Students from UCLA’s American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative chapter championed a bill that requires tobacco retailers to display signs with information about lung cancer screening. (Courtesy of Jeffrey Velotta)
