Thursday, April 2

Bruin Café wraps in eco-friendly paper packaging

Bruin Café now packs its sandwiches in eco-friendly paper wrapping as part of a cost-saving plan implemented mid-February. The new packaging is made of recyclable parchment paper wrapping, said Jeff Berman, general manager for Bruin Café and a senior food services manager for UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services. Read more...

Photo: Bruin Café now packs its sandwiches in eco-friendly paper wrapping as part of a cost-saving plan implemented mid-February. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Bruin engineering students aim to build earthquake-proof building model

A team of civil engineering students will have seven minutes to place metal rods into an intricate, wooden structure. When they finish, the building must withstand an earthquake simulated by a shake table. Read more...

Photo: A team of civil engineering students will compete in an earthquake engineering competition in April in San Francisco. (Julie Hanash/Daily Bruin)



Gene Block, Steve Olsen on Centennial Campaign, enrollment increase

Chancellor Gene Block meets with the Daily Bruin editorial board every quarter to discuss issues affecting the campus and to explain administrative policies. At the meeting Monday, Block, who was joined by Vice Chancellor Steve Olsen, spoke about the Centennial Campaign, the effect of increasing undergraduate enrollment, the Geffen Academy and the federal lawsuit against history professor Gabriel Piterberg, among other topics. Read more...

Photo: The Daily Bruin spoke with Chancellor Gene Block and Vice Chancellor Steve Olsen about campus issues, including the effect of increasing undergraduate enrollment, the Geffen Academy and the federal lawsuit against history professor Gabriel Piterberg. (Jillian Frankel/Daily Bruin senior staff)


USAC campaign aims to provide students with free menstrual products

An undergraduate student government office will set up a menstrual product donation box outside Kerckhoff Hall 313 Wednesday, and create free kits for students available in Kerckhoff offices next quarter. Read more...

Photo: Aaliya Khan, an undergraduate student government general representative, started the Menstrual Product Campaign, which will provide free pads and tampons in Kerckhoff offices. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Professor emeritus narrows space between astronomy, environmentalism

As a child, Ben Zuckerman’s father routinely took him to visit a planetarium in New York to foster his early curiosity in the stars. The light pollution in New York City made it difficult for him to stargaze, igniting his concern for the environment. Read more...

Photo: Professor emeritus Ben Zuckerman advocates for environmentalism and sustainability at UCLA after a long career in physics and astronomy. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)


Video: Salivary diagnostics testing

Daily Bruin Video pays a visit to a UCLA School of Dentistry laboratory to check out the process of tumor testing through salivary diagnostics. This new technique identifies the presence of disease in human saliva. Read more...

Photo: Anjanae Blackburn