Tuesday, May 13

USAC appoints Meagan Harmon as the new transfer student representative

This post was updated April 10 at 1:26 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council appointed Meagan Harmon as the new transfer student representative during its March 12 meeting. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, where the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s offices are located, is pictured. USAC unanimously voted for Meagan Harmon to be the transfer student representative for the rest of the year, following the departure of the former officer in February. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Legal scholars host panel discussing freedom of speech since Oct. 7

This post was updated April 8 at 3:33 p.m. Legal scholars disagreed Thursday during a panel about the extent of permissible speech on college campuses in the context of the Israel-Hamas war. Read more...

Photo: Eugene Volokh – the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA – and UCLA law professor Ahilan Arulanantham (left to right) are pictured participating in a panel discussing free speech since Oct. 7. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Student-led Bruincare initiative uses AI to enhance mental health support services

This post was updated April 4 at 9:01 p.m. Anish Dulla wanted to make mental health services on campus more accessible – so the fourth-year statistics and data science student turned to artificial intelligence. Read more...

Photo: A student using the Bruincare server is pictured. The platform, which is in an initial study phase, seeks to make mental health care more accessible to students through artificial intelligence. (Courtesy of Anish Dulla)



Pluto TV rally held at UCLA calls for Pluto’s ‘planned planethood’

This post was updated April 2 at 8:41 p.m. April Fools’ Day or not, “Big Planet Energy” radiated throughout Bruin Plaza as a few dozen Pluto TV staff and community members celebrated the streaming service’s 10th anniversary, calling for its namesake to be reinstated as a planet. Read more...

Photo: Catherine Povinelli, executive assistant to the chief product and technology officer of Paramount Streaming, gestures toward a crowd of ralliers with megaphone in hand. Streaming service Pluto TV, which is owned by Paramount Streaming, hosted a rally Monday in honor of its 10th anniversary to call for Pluto’s reinstating as a planet. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Q&A: Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee introduces Ashe Center’s new COVID-19 safety campaign

Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee, executive director of the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, sat down with Daily Bruin contributor Shaun Thomas to discuss the Ashe Center’s new COVID-19 safety campaign as students return to campus from spring break. Read more...

Photo: A KN95 mask sits amid stationery, books and a COVID-19 test kit. Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee, executive director of the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, spoke about the center’s new COVID-19 awareness campaign, which includes updated signage and locations around campus to pick up masks. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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