Tuesday, February 10

Residential Life launches themed floor for Pilipino community

Hedrick Hall 5 South will now be the official Pilipino residential floor for UCLA. A group of students approached the Residential Life staff about creating the Pilipin@ Community because they wanted a community on the Hill that would represent their culture, said Lori Vogelgesang, director of academic programs at UCLA Residential Life. Read more...

Photo: Hedrick Hall 5 South, the new Pilipino residential floor on the Hill, is a completely student-initiated community for Pilipinos. (Kuhelika Ghosh/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA professor links humanities and environment through narratives

Ursula Heise brought home a Jardine’s parrot about 20 years ago when she passed by a pet shop. It was the first animal that attracted her attention, but not the last. Read more...

Photo: Ursula Heise with two of her adoptive pet birds. Red-crowned parrots (Amazona viridigenalis) are endangered in their original habitat in Northeastern Mexico, but descendants of escaped pet birds have established growing populations in Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley. (Courtesy of Ursula Heise)


De Neve Grab ‘N Go wraps up old menu to offer custom sandwiches

A new sandwich bar that allows students to custom-order sandwiches opened last Thursday in the De Neve Grab ‘N Go location. Similar to a Subway station, students visiting the sandwich bar tell the worker behind the counter what they would like on their sandwich, and generally leave the Grab ‘N Go location with their sandwich within two and a half minutes, said Alex Macias, an assistant director for UCLA Dining Services. Read more...

Photo: A Subway-style sandwich bar opened last Thursday in De Neve Commons, in the Grab ‘N Go area. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Anderson event tackles economics of presidential candidates’ policies

Economists and public policy experts discussed how the presidential election and the economy affect each other at the UCLA Anderson School of Management on Wednesday. The UCLA Anderson Forecast, which is a study that predicts the economic growth of California and the United States a few times a year, held its September 2016 Economic Outlook at Korn Convocation Hall. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Anderson Forecast had its September 2016 Economic Outlook on Wednesday, where speakers discussed the effects of the presidential candidates on the economy. (Ryan Leou/Assistant news editor)



Q&A: Professor talks income segregation in land use regulations

Associate professor Paavo Monkkonen and assistant professor Michael Lens, of the Urban Planning Department at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, spent the past few years investigating the relationship between land use regulations and segregation by income. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs professors Paavo Monkkonen and Michael Lens had their research in urban planning cited in the September issue of a White House publication. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)


Student overcomes dark past, on track to successful graduation

Jackie Iovino had no family support, no money and battled heroin addiction for several years, not long ago. Her battle came to an end in 2014 when she became an anthropology student at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Jackie Iovino, a current UCLA graduate student in anthropology battled heroin addiction and homelessness for several years, before she joined UCLA. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)



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