Injured students can now borrow crutches and wheelchairs for free from the Student Activities Center. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Student Wellness Commission teamed up with the Good Clothes Good People redistribution center to rent out mobility aids, like crutches and wheelchairs, to students for free. Read more...
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The father of modern linguistics delivered the first of several public lectures at UCLA on Monday as part of a weeklong lecture series. Noam Chomsky, a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is giving a series of open lectures on linguistic theory at UCLA from Monday through Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Noam Chomsky, considered the father of modern linguistics, is delivering a series of lectures during week five. He discussed topics including artificial intelligence, 17th-century linguists and animal communications. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)
Fifty years ago, UCLA alumnus Keith Schiller was inspired to start a legal service for UCLA students after his friend became a victim of racial profiling. Read more...
Photo: Keith Schiller, founder of UCLA Student Legal Services, spoke about his reasons for founding the organization at its 50th anniversary celebration. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
UCLA announced the appointment of the new executive vice chancellor and provost Monday. Emily Carter, currently dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University, will take on the role beginning Sept 1. Read more...
Photo: Emily Carter will be UCLA’s new executive vice chancellor and provost. She is currently dean at Princeton University and was a faculty member in chemistry and material science and engineering at UCLA from 1988-2004. (Creative Commons photo by Sikarin Thanachaiary/World Economic Forum via Flickr)
Current and former UCLA students are developing a mobile news platform focused on informing readers about the possible bias in news. MDL GRND is an organization that aims to keep millennials informed on current events while presenting news from all sides of the political spectrum. Read more...
Photo: Selim Baysal (left) and Doruk Karinca (right) co-founded MDL GRND, an organization focused on informing readers about the possible bias in news. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)
Andrea Ng received a message from a girl she hadn’t spoken to since middle school after a student group shared Ng’s experience of having to develop a Californian accent when she first moved to the United States. Read more...
Photo: Second Impressions at UCLA is a student group that showcases the lives and experiences of international students on campus. (James Schaap/Daily Bruin)
The Ashe Center may offer students medical abortions starting January 2023 if a California senate bill passes. Senate Bill 24 was introduced in December 2018 by Democratic State Sen. Read more...
Photo: A California senate bill would require all California public universities to provide students access to medical abortions at campus health facilities, such as the Ashe Center. (Daily Bruin file photo)
