The UCLA chapter of Circle K International recently won awards for club achievement and fundraising. The club received these awards at the 61st annual Circle K International Convention held in Toronto from June 22 to 26, said Juliana Deer, former administrative vice president of CKI and a rising fourth-year biology student. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA chapter of Circle K International recently won several awards at the Circle K International Convention in Toronto. (Courtesy of Carrie Huang)
Civil engineering students will paddle in the waters of Marina del Rey in their self-built canoe this fall. Every year, the UCLA Concrete Canoe team designs and builds a canoe made of concrete and participates in regional and national concrete canoe competitions held by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Concrete Canoe team recently won second place at the national competition race. The team will spend the summer and fall contacting suppliers, designing the canoe and perfecting the concrete formula. (Courtesy of Nate de Ropp)
University of California students in the United Kingdom saw firsthand the country’s split reaction to the European Union referendum after the vote June 24. About 52 percent of U.K. Read more...
Students can now print on the go at 10 new printer kiosks around campus. The printers, which have been on campus since June 15, allow students to send documents to a cloud from their own phones or computers. Read more...
Photo: Wepa has new printing stations around campus, allowing students to print from a cloud on the go. Students can use the mobile app, a USB drive, email or the website to send their documents to the print stations. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Westwood Village officials warned businesses Wednesday about a man who pretended to inspect a fire extinguisher in a business and then asked for money. Andrew Thomas, executive director of the Westwood Village Improvement Association, said the man walked into a business and asked to inspect the fire extinguisher. Read more...
An interdisciplinary research team at UCLA is recycling carbon dioxide in a novel process to develop sustainable building material. Carbon Upcycling consists of 13 UCLA faculty members, students and staff from various fields such as engineering, chemistry and public policy. Read more...
Photo: Bu Wang and Gabriel Falzone are members of Carbon Upcycling, an interdisciplinary team at UCLA that came up with a way to incorporate carbon dioxide into the manufacture of concrete, making it carbon-neutral. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
UCLA will spend more than $3 million on renovating 11 classrooms this summer to accommodate an increase in enrollment for the 2016-2017 academic year. The university will renovate four large lecture halls: Moore Hall 100 and the three Court of Sciences classrooms, UCLA spokesperson Rebecca Kendall said in an email statement. Read more...
