In 2006, a NASA-owned rocket landed on Earth after a seven-year journey beyond the orbit of Mars. The rocket flew through the tail of a comet, collecting thousands of dust particles for NASA’s Stardust mission. Read more...
Photo: The SIMS lab uses the IMS-1270 ion microprobe to analyze rock samples and study the history of the solar system. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
A Los Angeles interfaith organization donated $8,000 to student groups pursuing interfaith work after a meeting Tuesday with seven undergraduates. The students discussed UCLA’s need to generate more rapport between students of different religious faiths. Read more...
Photo: Student representatives met Tuesday to discuss improving interfaith dialogue on campus. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
There are 48 days between the first day of classes and election day on Nov. 8. As students return to school, UCLA political organizations seek to push their message: Your vote matters, even in one of the bluest states in the country. Read more...
Photo: CALPIRG will continue to advocate for Proposition 67, which seeks to reaffirm a statewide ban on plastic bans that the state legislature passed last year. Other student groups are also gearing up for election season. (Courtesy of Jamie Kennerk)
New vaccination policies will require some UCLA and UCLA Lab School students to get additional shots to continue their education. The new Senate Bill No. 277, or SB 277, enforces a mandatory vaccination requirement for most public and private K-12 facilities in the state, including preschools and day care centers. Read more...
Photo: The new Senate Bill No. 277 enforces a mandatory vaccination requirement for most public and private K-12 facilities in the state, including preschools and day care centers such as the UCLA Lab School. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Nicki Klein sat idle at her corporate job in the years after graduating from UCLA, wishing she could find a career as captivating as the Legos and puzzles she played with for hours as a child. Read more...
Photo: Nicki Klein founded a career development platform called Betagig in 2016, with Melissa Hargis. Klein and Hargis, who both made drastic career switches, came up with the idea for Betagig while in San Francisco for a hackathon. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Ritvik Kharkar considers analyzing the black market for dining hall swipes a matter of social good. His analysis compiles colorful graphs with sharp spikes representing the alternating high and low numbers of swipes for sale throughout the academic year. Read more...
Photo: UCLA student Ritvik Kharkar collected data from a Facebook group where students buy and sell meal swipes to determine whether UCLA Housing lost revenue because of the “swipes black market.” (Catherine Liberty Feliciano/Daily Bruin senior staff)
