Thanksgiving break can be an opportunity for American students to travel home and visit family and friends, but for international students, it is a chance to explore Los Angeles, embrace aspects of the American holiday or create new traditions with other international students. Read more...
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Hedrick Hall residents have dubbed their building the Fire Alarm Villa after an unprecedented 12 fire alarms went off this quarter due to faulty detectors. A few isolated fire alarm incidents began between July 3 and Sept. Read more...
Photo: Hedrick Hall was dubbed the Fire Alarm Villa by its residents after faulty hall fire alarms went off 12 times this quarter. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Theresa Sotto said one of her favorite parts of being the associate director of academic programs at the Hammer Museum is watching UCLA students come into the Hammer seeking educational opportunities. Read more...
Photo: The Hammer Museum offers yearlong internship programs to UCLA students that aim to foster connections between the interns and museum staff. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
A team of UCLA researchers found a low-fat diet can improve survival rates of obese mice with leukemia, providing new ideas for doctors trying to make chemotherapy more effective. Read more...
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UCLA student chemists won a green chemistry award for their efforts to raise awareness of how chemistry impacts the environment. The American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute award is given annually to chapters of the Student Members of the American Chemical Society that promote green chemistry on their campuses. Read more...
Photo: SMACS earned an award for its efforts to promote green chemistry, which is concerned with designing materials and processes to minimize waste and use of hazardous substances. (Courtesy of Maggie Chen/SMACS)
This year’s Conversation Cafe was run entirely by students for the first time, which reflected International Education Week’s increasing focus on the international student community as opposed to study abroad programs. Read more...
Photo: Organizers of the program said International Education Week focused on promoting study abroad programs before shifting to introduce programming that aimed to meet the needs of international students. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)
Students and members of nonprofit organizations called for students to be more involved in helping alleviate homelessness by actively spreading awareness and volunteering for organizations that aim to combat homelessness at an event Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Roughly 40 students attended the panel, which was held by Hunger Project at UCLA at the Sunset Recreation Center. Hunger Project is a student-run organization on campus that works with other nonprofit organizations to raise money and spread awareness of homelessness. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)
