USAC Academic Affairs Commission held a Stress Free Day for students Tuesday evening at Bruin Plaza. Students gathered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to pet the puppies ranging from Dachshunds to Yorkies. Read more...
Photo: Students played with puppies and grabbed free bluebooks and scantrons in Bruin Plaza during the Academic Affairs Commission’s Stress Free Day on Tuesday. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center and UCLA School of Nursing provided UCLA students with free flu shots Monday and Tuesday in Bruin Plaza. Read more...
Photo: Students received their flu shots after BruinCard validation in Bruin Plaza on Monday. Record of the vaccination is available on the Ashe Center’s Patient Portal. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
UCLA officials finished constructing the first outdoor study space between Powell Library and the Humanities Building early last week. The Office of Instructional Development and UCLA Facilities Management collaborated to install several study benches with power outlets in the space during spring quarter, and completed the project this fall. Read more...
Photo: UCLA officials constructed the first outdoor study space with benches and power outlets between Powell Library and the Humanities Building early last week. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Zehra Abbas spent her second year at UCLA hiding her belly after she found out she was pregnant. “I hid my pregnancy with jackets because I was under the impression that there was something wrong with me,” Abbas said. Read more...
Photo: Zehra Abbas, a fifth-year history student, struggled with pregnancy during her second year. She is now looking forward to graduating this year and creating a better future for her two-year-old child. (Burcu Turkay/Daily Bruin)
UCLA was ranked the 10th best university in the world and the second best American public university in a 2017 global university ranking Tuesday. The university dropped two ranks since last year’s U.S. Read more...
Photo: UCLA was ranked 10th best global university in new rankings released by U.S. News and World Report on Tuesday. (Jintak Han/Assistant photo editor)
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center hired a new interim director Monday. Marjorie Kagawa-Singer began her role as interim director immediately and will serve until June 30, 2017. Read more...
Photo: Marjorie Kagawa-Singer started in her new position as interim director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center on Monday. (Courtesy of Melany de la Cruz-Viesca)
If food waste were a country, it would be the third largest in the world behind China and the United States in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, a health sciences professor told students at a panel Monday. Read more...
Photo: The Healthy Campus Initiative hosted a panel about the impact of certain eating habits on the environment. Speakers discussed the benefits of eating a diet with more plant matter and less animal protein for the human body. (Emaan Baqai/Daily Bruin senior staff)
