Crowds screamed. Music boomed. Amid a sea of flags, third-year psychology student Tatiana Maia – representing her home country of Brazil – drew her foot back to shoot. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are students competing in the Battle of the Bruins soccer tournament. The tournament, which was hosted by the Middle Eastern Student Association, was aimed at raising money for charities. (Karla Cardenas/Daily Bruin)
The United States Postal Service honored former UCLA men’s basketball coach John Wooden last Saturday with a ceremony dedicating a Forever Stamp that is now on sale. Read more...
Photo: The John Wooden Forever Stamp is pictured. Former UCLA coach John Wooden was honored last Saturday through a ceremony on campus. (Courtesy of Eva Danesh)
The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations hosted a forum of political science graduate students Monday to discuss the importance of foreign policy ahead of the 2024 United States presidential election. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Bunche Hall, where the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations is located. (Daily Bruin file photo)
First To Go hosted events at First-Generation Awareness Week last week on campus. A first-generation student’s parents or guardians do not have a four-year bachelor’s degree from a United States university, according to the definition used on the First To Go website. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is a UCLA department tabling at a First Generation Awareness Week event. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden is renovating its stream to make it more water-efficient and help introduce more diverse flora and fauna. The renovation, which began in June of last year, involves installing an automatic irrigation system and reinforcing the stream bed. Read more...
Photo: The stream at the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden is pictured under construction. The renovated waterway is expected to reopen in May. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Feb. 27 at 8:52 p.m. YEP! at UCLA is committed to fostering the leaders of tomorrow through education and empowerment. The student-run organization – which hosts chapters at other universities including Brown University, Yale University, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara and the University of New South Wales in Sydney – provides underserved students with a free entrepreneurship curriculum, according to the group’s website. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are members of the YEP! at UCLA club. The club offers workshops to high school and middle school students on entrepreneurship. (Courtesy of Audrey Shapiro)
This post was updated Feb. 27 at 11:34 a.m. A recent $10 million pledge from UCLA alumni Helen and Morgan Chu will help support and strengthen the university’s ethnic studies research. Read more...
Photo: Murphy Hall is pictured. A recent $10 million pledged donation to UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers will further their research capacities. (Daily Bruin file photo)
