This post was updated on Sept. 27 at 3:35 p.m. UCLA students watched as presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump exchanged verbal blows on national television. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students and community members gathered at the Crest Theater in Westwood, among other places, to watch the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA center that gives families and professionals resources to help treat children’s anxiety has been conducting research and hiring more staff since it was established earlier this year. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support, which gives people information about how they can treat anxiety, will launch new programs to better treat the condition. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Students can now catch the Culver CityBus at Gateway Plaza near Ackerman Union. The new Culver CityBus Rapid 6 bus stop was moved Monday from its location near the Semel Institute to the plaza, formerly known as Ackerman Turnaround. Read more...
University police are searching for a person who entered a UCLA student’s room without permission Sept. 21. The student told university police someone entered her unlocked room in De Neve Fir while she was inside her bathroom, according to a UCPD alert. Read more...
When Olivia Draper stepped off the plane in Thailand this summer, she barely spoke a word of Thai. Instead of studying abroad with a university program, Draper traveled on her own to Thailand, where she spent eight weeks working in a restaurant while learning Thai, and another five days living as a nun in a Buddhist monastery near Bangkok. Read more...
Photo: Olivia Draper spent about nine weeks living on her own in Thailand to learn Thai. Draper worked in a restaurant and lived as a Buddhist nun in a monastery. (Michael Zshornack/Assistant Photo editor)
School-affiliated personnel from 11 middle and high schools in Los Angeles County can use newly furnished fitness centers funded by UCLA Health this year. The UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind, which promotes childhood health, aims to reduce obesity rates in the Los Angeles Unified School District by funding fitness centers. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind helps schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District build fitness centers and improve their physical education programs through grants up to $50,000. (Courtesy of UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind)
Jeanne Holm has worked for decades to make data and technology more accessible to the public. Holm, a third-generation Angeleno and UCLA graduate, balances her time between teaching at UCLA Extension and guiding technological development for the city of Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Jeanne Holm teaches data courses at UCLA Extension when she’s not working as a technology adviser for the City of Los Angeles. (Courtesy of UCLA Extension)
