Saturday, December 20

Report shows UCLA as one of leading sources in climate science research

UCLA is one of the leading contributors in a nationwide effort to understand climate change. Public universities are instrumental to national comprehension of climate change and its effects, according to a new report by the National Council for Science and the Environment. Read more...

Photo: UCLA is one of the leading contributors in the nationwide effort to understand climate change and its consequences, according to a report from the National Council for Science and the Environment. (Daily Bruin file photo)


2019 UCLA Medal recipients bring unique perspectives to writing, music

This post was updated Nov. 20 at 9:05 a.m. The UCLA Medal is UCLA’s highest honor. Established in 1979, it is awarded to those who achieve in their fields and who represent the ideals of UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Wadada Leo Smith, a trumpet player and composer, received the UCLA Medal on Nov. 8. When he performs, he intends for his audience to connect with his music, he said. (Courtesy of Juan Tallo)


Remaining 2 USAC representatives sworn in following campaign violation investigation

This post was updated Nov. 20 at 12:07 a.m. The final two Undergraduate Students Association Council seats were filled Tuesday, despite a ruling that one newly elected official violated election campaign rules. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate Students Association Judicial Board Chief Justice Jamail Gibbs swore in general representatives 2 and 3, Orion Smedley and Brandon Broukhim, respectively, at a council meeting Tuesday. The swearing in was delayed after it was found that Smedley committed an election code violation. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)


Exhibition to encourage international students to celebrate their given names

For many international students, the name they introduce themselves as is not the name they were born with. Because of how common this practice is at UCLA, several international students said they felt they are losing part of their identity. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council International Student Representative Office will host an exhibit Nov. 26 in Bruin Plaza that will display the given names of international students. International students can submit their names to the office’s Facebook and Instagram pages. (Daily Bruin file photo)


LiveWell podcast aims to raise awareness about what ‘health’ really means

The World Health Organization defined “health” as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being in 1948. Wendelin Slusser, the associate vice provost for the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center and an adjunct professor of medicine and public health, said her LiveWell podcast could make a difference in promoting WHO’s definition of health rather than the common notion that health is merely the absence of disease. Read more...

Photo: Wendelin Slusser, the associate vice provost for the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center and a UCLA professor of medicine and public health, hosts a podcast which aims to help listeners to live healthier lives. (Courtesy of Wendelin Slusser)


Bruin Audubon Society and Birding Club makes bird-watching a hoot for students

This post was updated Nov. 17 at 2:57 a.m. Bundled in jackets against the early morning fog, with binoculars and cameras strapped across their shoulders, roughly 15 students and community members entered the UCLA Mildred E. Read more...

Photo: The Bruin Audubon Society and Birding Club was founded this fall by Sam Bressler (center), a graduate student in ecology. It held birdwalks every Thursday during the first eight weeks of fall quarter to watch the birds migrating south for the winter. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin)


Deal with UCLA sees the planned opening of Black Resource Center on Hill

This post was updated Feb. 4 at 8:13 p.m. UCLA and two black student groups have reached a deal to turn the Undergraduate Writing Center office on the Hill into a black student resource center. Read more...

Photo: The Afrikan Student Union and the Black Graduate Student Association reached an agreement with UCLA Student Affairs for a Black Student Resource Center in what is now the Reiber Hall Undergraduate Writing Center. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)



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