Students can now take longer trips on a budget using a new app that lets students rent cars from each other. Lula is a car rental service through which users can sign up and select whether they want to rent cars or let other students rent their cars. Read more...
Photo: Matthew (left) and Michael Vega-Sanz (right) are the co-founders of Lula, a car rental service through which students can sign up and rent cars from other students. (Courtesy of Lula Rides)
Camp counselors “Curly” and “Horcháta” said once the kids at Camp River Glen figured out how to make Woodsey Bling, special camp necklaces, they wouldn’t stop. Read more...
Photo: About 30 children attended Bear Necessities this summer, a camping program put on by UCLA Recreation and UCLA UniCamp, which is a service organization that sends children from urban communities to outdoor summer camps. (Courtesy of Diana Marin)
Valeree Catangay grew up in Long Beach, California, near the intersection of two major freeways where tens of thousands of trucks drive by every day. When she visited Long Beach to experience pollution in the community firsthand, she saw how ground travel can have a detrimental effect on the environment. Read more...
Photo: Valeree Catangay, is a fourth-year environmental science student and winner of the Brower Youth Award for Environmental Leadership. (Courtesy of Valeree Catangay)
Students in the UCLA Career Center hosted new events to inform their peers about internship and job opportunities. The UCLA Career Peers program, which launched last year, works under the Career Center to inform students about internship and job opportunities. Read more...
Photo: The Career Peers program holds drop-in hours at the Career Center on a first-come, first-served basis to provide career assistance and counseling to students. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students can now pay a flat rate for Lyft rides to places within a few miles of UCLA. UCLA has partnered with ride-share service Lyft to offer a $4.99 flat rate for rides within 5 miles of UCLA properties. Read more...
UCLA students can build electronic skateboards, a robot that plays the piano and other electronics at a new engineering makerspace. The makerspace, which will open in Boelter Hall on Wednesday, will have 3D printers, laser cutters, power tools, electronic fabrication and a virtual reality station, among other equipment. Read more...
Photo: The makerspace has tables and free access to engineering tools that can be used for developing new technologies. (Courtesy of UCLA Engineering)
When fourth-year anthropology student Emilie Helfand sought care at Counseling and Psychological Services, she said she was notified that students without the University of California Student Health Insurance Plan are limited to three therapy sessions per year. Read more...
Photo: Nicole Green is the executive director of Counseling and Psychological Services, which only offers short-term services and refers students to other institutions for long-term care. However, many students are not aware that CAPS does not offer long-term services. (Kristie Valerie-Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
