Thursday, April 2


New school of engineering dean shares plans for future

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science plans to increase enrollment by about 1,000 students and recruit 50 new faculty within the next five to 10 years, in accordance with the University of California’s initiative to expand enrollment. Read more...

Photo: Jayathi Murthy, the recently appointed dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, announced upcoming changes to the school Tuesday. (Alejandra Reyes/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Resilience Peer Network to supplement student mental health services

Beginning this spring, students will be able to receive individual and group counseling from other undergraduate and graduate students who have completed nine weeks of training. Read more...

Photo: The Resilience Peer Network, a peer-to-peer counseling service, will be implemented in the spring to supplement Counseling and Psychological Services. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Teaching fellow explores identity through language, literature

Malik Chaudhary’s contradictory upbringing led him to question everything. Chaudhary was born to immigrant parents, grew up gay in a traditional Muslim household and attended a Catholic high school. Read more...

Photo: Malik Chaudhary is a teaching fellow and doctoral student at UCLA in the comparative literature department. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)


Alum meets UCLA blood donors who saved his life

Jorge Sincuir donated blood 27 times as a UCLA student, but never fully understood his impact as a donor until he needed a transfusion himself. Last Wednesday, Sincuir met three donors who helped save his life at a UCLA Blood and Platelet Center event organized to honor frequent donors. Read more...

Photo: Jorge Sincuir, a UCLA alum who was in a car accident, received 27 blood donations after being a frequent donor at UCLA. (Meghan Hodges/Daily Bruin)