On the ground floor of UCLA’s Boyer Hall, a huge gray machine shoots invisible X-rays at streams of bacterial crystals, each thinner than the width of a human hair. Read more...
Photo: UCLA scientists are researching a naturally occurring mosquito toxin that may be engineered in the future to kill the mosquito species that transmits dengue fever and the Zika virus. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Poet Wanda Coleman’s papers will now be publicly available at the UCLA Library Special Collections. The Charles E. Young Research Library held a reception for the collection Thursday, featuring writers such as Tisa Bryant, Harryette Mullen and Austin Straus, Coleman’s husband. Read more...
Photo: An event was held at the Charles E. Young Research Library on Thursday to celebrate the life and works of the poet Wanda Coleman. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)
Therapy dogs dressed in Halloween costumes visited patients at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA on Thursday. This event was organized by the UCLA People-Animal Connection, the hospital’s animal-assisted therapy program. Read more...
Photo: Finn, a white labrador, went around Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA to visit young patients and spread some Halloween cheer, as part of UCLA People-Animal Connection, the hospital’s animal-assisted therapy program. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)
UCLA students can anonymously share their darkest secrets online with the touch of a button. On the UCLA Secrets Facebook page, students submit posts about their beliefs, experiences with anxiety and even posts to find their crush on campus. Read more...
Photo: (Rachel Zhu/Daily Bruin)
Students dipped their hands into paint and pressed onto a white wooden board, creating an array of rainbow-colored handprints. The “Solidarity Wall,” aimed to draw attention to the UCLA Students for Haiti Solidarity, a club founded in 2015, and its efforts to help victims of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Students for Haiti Solidarity is raising money with a grassroots organization for those in Haiti affected by Hurricane Matthew. (Courtesy of SOPUDEP)
UCLA officials finished constructing the first outdoor study space between Powell Library and the Humanities Building early last week. The Office of Instructional Development and UCLA Facilities Management collaborated to install several study benches with power outlets in the space during spring quarter, and completed the project this fall. Read more...
Photo: UCLA officials constructed the first outdoor study space with benches and power outlets between Powell Library and the Humanities Building early last week. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Zehra Abbas spent her second year at UCLA hiding her belly after she found out she was pregnant. “I hid my pregnancy with jackets because I was under the impression that there was something wrong with me,” Abbas said. Read more...
Photo: Zehra Abbas, a fifth-year history student, struggled with pregnancy during her second year. She is now looking forward to graduating this year and creating a better future for her two-year-old child. (Burcu Turkay/Daily Bruin)
