Thursday, February 5

UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion grants awards to student leaders

The UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion awarded seven students the inaugural EDI Student Leadership Award on Jan. 31, celebrating their leadership, engagement and support for EDI within the UCLA community. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion awarded seven students (pictured) the EDI Student Leadership Award. They received the award to recognize their leadership in EDI. (Clockwise from top left: Courtesy of Tina Del Carpio, Courtesy of Carolanne Link, Courtesy of Umiemah Farrukh, Courtesy of Gloria Kim, Courtesy of Norma Sandoval, Courtesy of Ashley Ceballos Hernandez, Courtesy of Andrew Ramirez)


Flying fellow students, Bruin Aviation president shows the sky’s the limit

Stepping onto the tarmac at Santa Monica Flyers, Vedant Bhargava always reminds himself to go back to the same checklist – a mindset he calls “airplane mode.” The second-year economics student completes a laundry list of pre-flight checks before takeoff in a four-seat, single-engine airplane, including some for weather, passenger safety, fuel, and other flight technologies and conditions. Read more...

Photo: Second-year economics student Vedant Bhargava pilots a plane over Santa Monica. Bhargava said he has taken trips to locations all across Southern California. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)




In tough circumstances, Bruins turn to room swaps

Throughout fall quarter, Kath Miller struggled to get enough sleep – and not just because of thin walls or loud neighbors. The third-year transfer English student said she couldn’t compromise with some of her roommates on a schedule for late-night guests and quiet hours. Read more...

Photo: (By Lucy Chang/Daily Bruin)


Bruins mourn lives lost in earthquake impacting Turkey and Syria

This post was updated Feb. 13 at 10:28 p.m. Editor’s note: this article was updated to retroactively remove the names of two students out of concern for their safety, as well as to clarify a source’s statement regarding the current political and economic climate in Syria. Read more...

Photo: A bouquet of flowers is placed on the ground. The Middle Eastern Student Association at UCLA organized a vigil to mourn the lives lost in a recent earthquake affecting Turkey and Syria. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)


Bruins code in QWER Hacks to combat persistent LGBTQ+ inequalities

This post was updated July 12 at 8:03 p.m. Dozens of UCLA students participated in a recent technical competition to address persistent disparities facing the LGBTQ+ community. Read more...

Photo: Contestants at the QWER Hacks tech competition, the only UCLA LGBTQ+ hackathon. The event explored three tracks of social inequalities by creating pieces of technology. (Courtesy of Chantal Wang)



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