This post was updated March 3 at 10:27 p.m. Members of the Asante Kingdom welcomed representatives of the Fowler Museum to Ghana to return several cultural items that were unethically collected over a century before. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the Fowler Museum. The museum’s staff returned art to Ghana last month as part of repatriation efforts for stolen artifacts. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 4 at 7:50 p.m. A Fiat Lux class now gives students the chance to build virtual escape rooms filled with the Lotus-eaters and the Cyclops’ cave of Homer’s Odyssey. Read more...
Photo: (Hao Tam Tran/Daily Bruin)
Few North Campus students are ever seen in a math classroom. Even fewer enjoy taking math classes so much that they start attending them for fun. Read more...
Photo: The Math Sciences Building, which houses the Department of Mathematics, is pictured. Students are petitioning the department to renew the contract of Richard Wong, an assistant adjunct professor. (Mia Tavares/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Students sang and danced at the Afrikan Diaspora Living Learning Community’s annual Black Extravaganza on Wednesday. The event, which took place in the Covel Commons Grand Horizon room, featured spoken word poetry, rap, singing and dancing, according to the event’s website. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are members of the Nigerian Students Association performing at the annual Black Extravaganza. The event, which was hosted by the Afrikan Diaspora Living Learning Community, featured poetry, rap, dance and singing. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin)
Crowds screamed. Music boomed. Amid a sea of flags, third-year psychology student Tatiana Maia – representing her home country of Brazil – drew her foot back to shoot. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are students competing in the Battle of the Bruins soccer tournament. The tournament, which was hosted by the Middle Eastern Student Association, was aimed at raising money for charities. (Karla Cardenas/Daily Bruin)
First To Go hosted events at First-Generation Awareness Week last week on campus. A first-generation student’s parents or guardians do not have a four-year bachelor’s degree from a United States university, according to the definition used on the First To Go website. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is a UCLA department tabling at a First Generation Awareness Week event. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin)
Jasper Kok, a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss his work on aerosols, particularly dust and dust storms, and how they manifest in climate patterns. Read more...
Photo: Jasper Kok, a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, is pictured. Kok spoke with the Daily Bruin about his work, which focuses on dust, aerosols and their relationship to climate change. (Courtesy of Jasper Kok)
