This post was updated March 4 at 3:23 p.m. Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of disturbing topics, including pornographic content, misogyny, pedophilia, threats of interpersonal and mass violence, racism, antisemitism and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. Read more...
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February 2, 3:55 pm
Plastic2Food explores sustainable practices to break down plastics
Worms and styrofoam may seem like unlikely solutions to a global plastic pollution crisis, but UCLA’s Plastic2Food finds them to be promising answers. According to its website, Plastic2Food was created to work toward tackling this issue with the knowledge that 30% of landfill space is taken up by styrofoam and the understanding that mealworms are able to eat and digest this plastic. Read more...
Photo: Through research and mealworm farming, Plastic2Food is making an effort to promote sustainability and clean up trash both on and off campus. The club hopes to continue to improve its efficiency in degrading styrofoam and other plastics and eventually create a greenhouse with UCLA Sustainability. (Kyle Kotanchek/Daily Bruin)
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January 29, 12:20 pm
Center for Mexican Studies seeks to merge academic scholarship, community action
When Gaspar Rivera-Salgado became the director of the Center for Mexican Studies, he soon received invitations to collaborate with colleagues in Mexico and the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Labor studies lecturer and Labor Center project director Gaspar Rivera-Salgado was appointed as director of the Center for Mexican Studies in July 2021. He is now working to connect academic researchers and universities across the U.S.-Mexico border and use the position to make a difference in political issues. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)
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January 26, 4:47 pm
‘We The Unhoused’ podcaster Theo Henderson takes on activist-in-residence position
Editor’s note: This article uses the descriptor “unhoused” to describe people experiencing homelessness to respect Theo Henderson’s preferred use of the term. Theo Henderson will become the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy’s 2022 activist-in-residence, a position first hosted in 2017 to improve academic understanding of social justice. Read more...
Photo: Theo Henderson hosts “We The Unhoused,” a podcast documenting stories of the unhoused people of Los Angeles and beyond. As an advocate for people who are unhoused, Henderson has been selected to be the newest activist-in-residence at the Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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January 21, 5:38 pm
UCLA professors host webinar series on water disputes in Nile River Basin
Two UCLA professors hope to foster interregional cooperation among countries following the rise of water management disputes in the Nile River Basin and seek sustainable solutions through a joint webinar series. Read more...
Photo: Professors from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the political science department collaborated to organize an interdisciplinary webinar series. The webinar invites fact-based debate on solutions to an ongoing international disagreement regarding the use of the Nile’s resources. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)
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January 19, 7:55 pm
Zuriel Oduwole advocates for girls’ education via employment, entrepreneurship
Zuriel Oduwole woke up at 3 a.m. last quarter to take her final exams. The third-year cognitive science student was finishing her classes in Qatar – 11 hours ahead of Los Angeles – while speaking at the 2021 WISE Summit. Read more...
Photo: Zuriel Oduwole, a third-year cognitive science student, has been involved in fillmmaking and activism since the age of 9. Her activism has taken her around the world, as she most recently spoke at the 2021 WISE Summit in Qatar. (Courtesy of Qatar Foundation)
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January 18, 12:23 am
Bruins evaluate COVID-19 protocols on campus amid rising cases
The proportion of young adults infected with COVID-19 is increasing across California, including at UCLA. With the surge of the omicron variant, many students have tested positive for the virus over winter break and expressed confusion about university infection protocols. Read more...
Photo: Students who tested positive for COVID-19 over winter break had a variety of experiences with the virus but expressed support for vaccination and university testing protocols as a countermeasure to the spread of infection. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)