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)
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)
A Harbor-UCLA Medical Center director resigned from his position Dec. 6, following accusations that he had defended the center’s former orthopedics chief from sexual misconduct allegations. Read more...
Photo: The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is pictured. One of the center’s directors resigned Dec. 6 amid accusations that he had defended a former employee who was sued earlier this year for sexual misconduct. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
The Center for Health Sciences is a complex maze to most students – but behind one particular door, another intricate system of machines works around the clock to filter, sort and label units of donated red blood cells. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Blood and Platelet Center is pictured. The center’s blood donations are handled by a blood processing lab located in the Center for Health Sciences and sent to various UCLA Health hospitals such as the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine hosted a celebration Nov. 16 in honor of Diwali, a prominent South Asian cultural and religious holiday known as the Festival of Lights. Read more...
Photo: A balloon that reads “Happy Diwali” is pictured. The UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine hosted a celebration Nov. 16 for Diwali, a South Asian cultural and religious holiday. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff)
The UCLA Department of Family Medicine’s Student Run Homeless Clinics received a neighborhood purpose grant from the North Westwood Neighborhood Council during the council’s November meeting. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s Student Run Homeless Clinics website is pictured. The program recently received a $5,000 grant from the North Westwood Neighborhood Council for supplies. (Catherine Hamilton/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Nov. 28 at 10:46 p.m. At 8 a.m. in the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, only the birds are awake. But every couple of weeks, the birds aren’t alone. Read more...
Photo: Bird watchers look up at the sky through binoculars. The Bruin Birding Club hosts bird walks every week for new and experienced bird watchers alike. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
