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UCLA student channels passion for cooking into apartment pop-up restaurant

Ronak Naik is serving up original recipes on a DIY plate. With a long-standing love for cooking, the third-year neuroscience student invents his own dishes and posts his creations and accompanying recipes on his food Instagram account. Read more...

Photo: Third-year neuroscience student Ronak Naik shares his love of cooking through his food Instagram account and quarterly pop-ups at his apartment. Inspired by professional restaurants, he said each event is themed, with all proceeds going to charity. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin staff)


Insomnia Cookies brings sweet treats, pricey late-night option to Westwood

This post was updated Feb. 9 at 9:16 p.m. Insomnia Cookies is sweetening up customers’ late nights. Founded in 2003 by University of Pennsylvania student Seth Berkowitz, the nationwide chain opened its doors to Westwood Village on Jan. Read more...

Photo: On Jan. 31, Insomnia Cookies opened its doors to Westwood Village. Located on Westwood Boulevard, the chain is known as a college town staple and serves sweets such as cookies and ice cream sandwiches late into the night. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA alumnus aims to demystify medical school application process through YouTube

This post was updated Feb. 7 at 12:55 a.m. Sohini Halder is making her medical school journey full screen. The alumnus and first-year medical student at UC San Francisco started her YouTube channel – which now has more than 1,700 subscribers – in June 2020 to document her pre-med experience. Read more...

Photo: Alumnus Sohini Halder is taking to YouTube to provide advice and free resources for aspiring medical students. Inspired by her own application process, Halder said she hopes to lessen the barriers some students face through free study templates and other tips from her personal experiences. (Photo courtesy of Sohini Halder Photo illustration by Katie Frei/Daily Bruin)


Bruin Creators helps aspiring content creators begin their YouTube careers

Bruin Creators transforms students from viewers to creators. Founded in 2020, the student club aims to build a small community for aspiring Bruin YouTubers to teach them how to create video projects such as vlogs, TikToks and promotional advertisements, president and third-year neuroscience student Jason Wu said. Read more...

Photo: Bruin Creators helps support students YouTube goals and provides community, president and third-year student Jason Wu said. The club hosts editing workshops, which fifth-year Anna Sohn said have been her favorite, and provides members with video tips, which second-year Michael Sherbrooke said have helped his public speaking. (Photo by Jefferson Alade, Photo illustration by Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)



UCLA student crafts knitting business as way of giving back to community

For Sydney Flamm, kindness is one stitch away. After learning to crochet and knit through school clubs and YouTube tutorials, the third-year sociology student said she decided to open her own business, Syd’s Knits. Read more...

Photo: Third-year sociology student Sydney Flamm crochets and knits sweaters with others in mind. Inspired to turn her hobby into a business that gives back, she crafts beanies and plushies, donating the proceeds or a duplicate item to charity. (Courtesy of Sydney Flamm)


Student dishes out lighthearted restaurant reviews on Instagram food blog

Sarah Wang’s culinary captions lead to lighthearted laughs. The third-year communication student runs an Instagram page where she posts and rates dishes from various restaurants she visits, spanning Los Angeles to Taiwan. Read more...

Photo: Third-year communication student Sarah Wang is sharing her love of food through reviews. After starting a food Instagram inspired by her heritage, she said she has been pushed to try new dishes and step outside of her comfort zone. (Photo by Megan Cai/Daily Bruin. Photo Illustration by Isabella Lee/Daily Bruin)



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