Laura Gonzalez felt her heart sink as she waited for her team’s rocket to deploy a parachute during last year’s NASA First Nations Launch competition. The parachute never appeared. Read more...
Photo: Members of the UCLA Bearospace rocket team are pictured holding a rocket they built. The team participates every year in the NASA First Nations Launch competition. (Courtesy of Fabian Del Villar)
This post was updated Jan. 11 at 10:43 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council held its first meeting of 2024 on Tuesday. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
This post was updated Jan. 11 at 10:33 p.m. The current interim chief of police John Thomas will serve as UCLA’s new chief of police. Thomas, who attended UCLA from 1980 to 1984, has served as UCLA’s interim chief of police since December 2022. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the UCLA Police Department. UCLA alumnus and current interim chief of police John Thomas was chosen to serve as chief of police Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The first time Richard Wong stood in front of a lecture hall of hundreds of students, it felt like a performance. “It was kind of scary to be like, ‘Here’s a class of 210 students. Read more...
Photo: A large lecture hall with students is pictured. Professors teaching Mathematics 32A, a lower-division course with hundreds of students, discussed some of the challenges they have faced and rewards they have found through teaching the class. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute launched its Latino Data Hub in October, which provides data on demographic factors that might contribute to inequality in Latino communities in the United States. Read more...
Photo: The Public Affairs Building is pictured. UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute launched its Latino Data Hub, which includes information on more than 80 indicators, in the fall. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 9 at 9:41 p.m. Second-year art student Youngjae Choi always knew he wanted to fly. Coming from a family of fighter pilots in South Korea, Choi faced barriers in joining the United States Air Force Academy. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are cadets participating in training exercises as part of the Air Force ROTC. Cadets in the Air Force ROTC learn about aerospace science and participate in physical training activities. (Courtesy of Dennis Melka)
This post was updated Jan. 9 at 9:46 p.m. UCLA experts discussed congressional Republicans’ plans for education reform and their implications for higher education. The United States House Education Committee accepted education funding bills in November that are supported by Republicans in the House of Representatives, but the House postponed votes on the bills to a future date. Read more...
Photo: The United States Capitol is pictured. House Republicans have proposed legislation making changes to higher education. (Myka Fromm/Assistant Photo editor)
