Wednesday, March 25

Swipes for the Homeless addresses student food insecurity

Swipes for the Homeless has facilitated the donation of more than 95,000 swipes worth of food since the club was founded in 2009. The majority of the donations go to UCLA students with unexpected financial burdens. Read more...

Photo: Third-year business economics student Bianca Natt donates swipes to UCLA club Swipes for the Homeless. Club members Tiana Austel, a second-year psychology and communication studies student, and Javier Fernandez, a first-year business economics student, collected swipes outside De Neve Dining Hall during dinner hours. (Evaneet Sidhu/Daily Bruin)



Married UCLA couple recognized for devotion to academic work

Nabil Alshurafa and Rajaa Alrayyes rushed through the menu at a bakery in Egypt days before their wedding ceremony. Preoccupied with their studies, they picked out their wedding cake in less than a minute. Read more...

Photo: Nabil Alshurafa, a graduate student in computer science, and Rajaa Alrayyes, a fifth-year civil engineering student, demonstrate one of Alshurafa’s programs, a phone application that tracks physical activity and nutrition. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


UCLA professor to become next dean of School of Law

The UCLA School of Law announced Thursday that law professor Jennifer L. Mnookin will serve as the law school’s next dean beginning Aug. 1. Mnookin joined the UCLA law faculty in 2005 as a professor. Read more...

Photo: UCLA School of Law professor Jennifer L. Mnookin will serve as the law school’s next dean beginning Aug. 1. (UCLA Law)


UCLA Food Security Work Group to decide on allocation of UC funds

University of California President Janet Napolitano allocated $75,000 to each UC campus in March to improve food security efforts. Students experience food insecurity when they are unable to access nutritious food regularly. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate Students Association Council President Heather Rosen is a member of the UCLA Food Security Work Group. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)





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