Friday, June 27

UCLA Dean Jayathi Murthy named to National Academy of Engineering

The dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science joined the ranks of the National Academy of Engineering on Thursday. The NAE is a private nonprofit organization that honors exceptional engineers from around the world. Read more...

Photo: Dean Jayathi Murthy speaks to members of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science after being appointed to lead the school. Murthy is the most recent UCLA faculty member to join the National Academy of Engineering, a nonprofit organization that honors exceptional engineers around the world. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Westboro Baptist Church’s picketing at UCLA outstripped by pro-LGBTQ+ counterprotests

This post was updated on Feb. 11 at 12:24 a.m. The anti-LGBTQ+ Westboro Baptist Church picketed near the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs on Monday morning. Read more...

Photo: Six members of the Westboro Baptist Church, an anti-LGBTQ+ group, picketed near the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs on Monday morning. WBC also held similar protests at USC and two high schools in Los Angeles. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Kaplan Hall flooded, causing potential class relocations and cancellations

Kaplan Hall flooded Friday evening, causing potential class relocations and cancellations.  A separated pipe connector caused a chilled water line to break between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Red tape lined the entrance of Kaplan Hall on Sunday evening after a separated pipe connector caused a flood Friday, which impacted 60% of the building. (Marilyn Chavez-Martinez/Daily Bruin senior staff)


CERT Club organizes safety fair to spread awareness on emergency practices

A student-led initiative hosted a safety fair Thursday at Bruin Plaza to educate the UCLA community on how to respond to emergencies. The Community Emergency Response Team Safety Fair was organized by the CERT Club, a student organization partnered with the UCLA American Red Cross Club and UCLA’s Office of Emergency Management. Read more...

Photo: University of California Police Department officer Paul Wells demonstrates how to deliver a dose of Narcan, a nasal spray used to treat opioid overdose. Wells was one of several at the CERT safety fair, held Thursday on Bruin Walk.(Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)


Grupo Folklórico de UCLA grows family through teaching traditional Mexican dances

Students walking by Pauley Pavilion after sundown can often see dancers tapping and swinging their feet to the rhythm of Mexican folk music. For the dancers, members of Grupo Folklórico de UCLA, the activity is a way to promote Mexican culture and teach traditional dance styles to fellow UCLA students while building a community through the group. Read more...

Photo: Grupo Folklórico dances behind Pauley Pavilion on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The group practices dancing to traditional Mexico folk music and puts on performances for local organizations. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA sees drop in freshman, but increase in transfer applications

UCLA saw a drop in freshman applicants for the second year in a row, according to University of California data released Tuesday. Freshman applications for fall 2020 dropped 2.2%, from 111,266 to 108,837, following a 2.1% decrease for fall 2019. Read more...

Photo: UCLA freshman applications dropped by 2.2% for fall 2020, the second consecutive year that applications have decreased, according to preliminary applications data from the University of California. (Daily Bruin file photo)




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