Thursday, April 30

Admitted students visit UCLA for second annual Bruin Day

Bright yellow and blue balloons and tents with signs that read "Welcome Future Bruins" filled UCLA this weekend as thousands of admitted students and their families streamed onto campus for the second annual Bruin Day. Read more...

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Accepted students and their families walk on Janss Steps to and from Wilson Plaza during Bruin Day on Saturday.



Professors, grad students go bald to support pediatric cancer research at Brew-N-Shave

On Thursday night, the upstairs room of the Westwood Brewing Company was temporarily transformed into a barbershop for Brew-N-Shave, an event hosted by UCLA geography lecturer Justin Wilford to raise money for children's cancer research. Read more...

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UCLA lecturer Justin Wilford sits with his daughter Maesie at Westwood Brew Co. Thursday night as he has his head shaved in a fundraiser for children’s cancer research. Wilford hosted the event, inspired by his 5-year-old son Max, who is currently fighting brain cancer.





Campus vigil calls for justice, memorializes the deaths of Trayvon Martin and Shaima Alawadi

Dozens of UCLA students donned hoods and carried posters with the message, "Do I look suspicious?" to campus Wednesday night to memorialize Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Florida teenager who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watchman in late February. Read more...

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Third-year economics major Luis Mendoza holds a sign containing his response to the Trayvon Martin murder.