This post was updated Sept. 22 at 4:11 p.m. Key Takeaways For the fall 2025 quarter, first-year and transfer Asian students made up about 30-45% of UCLA applications, admittances and enrollments from schools in the United States – greater than any other racial or ethnic group for most school types. UCLA has seen a rise in overall applicants, with the previous gap between enrolled men and women starting to steadily close as of 2025 admissions as application counts for women plateau and for men rise. Read more...
Coloring our Campus | Registration Issue 2026
(Photos by Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor. Design by Rachel Kristen Lee Yokota/Design director)
Registration Issue is the Daily Bruin’s first print of the year. Read our coverage below or pick up a print copy at any of our 25 on-campus kiosks.
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September 18, 9:55 am
From essentials to decorations, the cost of moving in stacks up quickly
American college students and their families are expected to spend $103.5 billion on back-to-school shopping in 2026, and students moving into UCLA dorms for the first time are finding that dorm essentials are a hidden cost in the college experience. Read more...
Daily Bruin: In Focus, News: In Focus
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September 18, 1:02 am
Gallery: From coffee to textbooks, UCLA student employees keep campus running through summer
Once UCLA’s academic year begins, students will populate campus again, frequenting campus cafes and student stores for their day-to-day needs. Though they will see less traffic, campus services remain open over the summer, staffed by UCLA students. Daily Bruin photojournalist Amelia Chief visited four of these locations to speak with student employees about what their job is like in the sunny season. Read more...
Daily Bruin: In Focus, News: In Focus
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September 18, 12:58 am
Daily Bruin Abroad: Hexi Corridor
The Hexi Corridor is a narrow strip of habitable land extending around 680 miles across northwest China. Bounded by the towering Qilian Mountains on the south and the Gobi Desert on the north, the Hexi Corridor became the pathway of cultural exchange between ancient China, Central Asia and the Mediterranean for centuries. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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September 18, 12:00 am
Q&A: The chef behind Westwood’s newest restaurant talks culinary philosophy
Chef Viet Pham of Pretty Bird is indulging in his latest gastronomic expansion. The James Beard Award-nominated chef and Bay Area local is opening a restaurant within the newly transformed The Cinemas Theater, an upscale cinema in the former iPic Theaters location. Read more...
Arts, Music
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September 18, 12:00 am
Group Persona non grata finds community in welcoming various musicians, sounds
At a Persona non grata show, viewers can expect the unexpected. Persona non grata is a musical group started in 2022 by second-year ethnomusicology student Finn Cragen. Read more...
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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September 17, 11:59 pm
‘Every body is a Broadway body’: UCLA alum stitches identity into costume design
From major film studios and ballet companies to the university classroom, a UCLA alumnus fosters inclusivity and community through costuming and illustration. For Elle Erickson, costume is more than clothing. Read more...