Monday, April 6

Student-run shelter opens doors to homeless students

Volunteers and residents of a new shelter for homeless students spent their first night getting to know each other, having dinner and watching TV. Bruin Shelter, one of the country’s first student-run homeless shelters for students, officially opened its doors last week. Read more...

Photo: Bruin Shelter will house nine UCLA and Santa Monica College students ages 18 to 24 for six months. Residents can receive temporary housing, food, career counseling and resources to help them find permanent housing. (Courtesy of Luke Shaw)


UCLA larvicide research lasers in on mosquito control

On the ground floor of UCLA’s Boyer Hall, a huge gray machine shoots invisible X-rays at streams of bacterial crystals, each thinner than the width of a human hair. Read more...

Photo: UCLA scientists are researching a naturally occurring mosquito toxin that may be engineered in the future to kill the mosquito species that transmits dengue fever and the Zika virus. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Photo: Wanda Coleman’s papers on display at Charles E. Young Research Library

Poet Wanda Coleman’s papers will now be publicly available at the UCLA Library Special Collections. The Charles E. Young Research Library held a reception for the collection Thursday, featuring writers such as Tisa Bryant, Harryette Mullen and Austin Straus, Coleman’s husband. Read more...

Photo: An event was held at the Charles E. Young Research Library on Thursday to celebrate the life and works of the poet Wanda Coleman. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)


Photo: Dogs and volunteers treat Mattel Children’s Hospital patients to candy

Therapy dogs dressed in Halloween costumes visited patients at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA on Thursday. This event was organized by the UCLA People-Animal Connection, the hospital’s animal-assisted therapy program. Read more...

Photo: Finn, a white labrador, went around Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA to visit young patients and spread some Halloween cheer, as part of UCLA People-Animal Connection, the hospital’s animal-assisted therapy program. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)


CPO plans to increase math tutoring for underrepresented students

Students struggling in math and science courses will soon have increased access to one-on-one tutoring with math counselors. The Community Programs Office plans to open the Math Success Program this quarter for underrepresented students in math and science fields, said CPO Director Antonio Sandoval. Read more...

Photo: The Community Programs Office will use $25,000 to open the Math Success Program for underrepresented students in math and science fields. (April Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Professor to receive prestigious award for work in health policy

A UCLA health policy professor will receive a national award for her contributions in public health. Linda Rosenstock, former dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will receive the 2016 Stephen Smith Award from The New York Academy of Medicine. Read more...

Photo: Linda Rosenstock, former dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will receive The New York Academy of Medicine’s Stephen Smith Medal in November for her work in public health. (UCLA Newsroom)