This post was updated Feb. 1 at 4 p.m. Students are happy with the new life sciences course series that debuted in fall, although they offered suggestions for improvement. Read more...
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January 31, 10:58 pm
New Life Sciences 7 series to implement feedback from students
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January 31, 10:11 pm
Bruin Plate looks to nurture salad bar greens in aeroponic towers
Bruin Plate’s salad bar may soon use produce that’s grown in a soilless garden. UCLA officials hope to add a garden to Sproul Landing’s deck to teach students about soil-free technology. Read more...
Photo: UCLA officials plan to replace the plant beds on the Sproul Landing deck with a tower garden to grow fresh greens for Bruin Plate’s salad bar. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
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January 31, 1:31 am
Muslim law students hold healing space post-refugee ban
Law students and UCLA community members stood together in a large circle with heads bowed and candles in hand Monday evening. About 60 people participated in the healing space on the UCLA School of Law courtyard hosted by the Muslim Law Students Association. Read more...
Photo: Holding candles and bowing their heads in quiet contemplation, UCLA community members gathered at the UCLA School of Law to support each other and heal after recent events affecting Muslim students and citizens. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
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January 31, 1:31 am
USAC expands efforts to provide free feminine hygiene products
Students will soon have increased access to free menstrual products in the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center. The Undergraduate Students Association Council and the Ashe Center provided 1,000 free pads and tampons to students at the center in November. Read more...
Photo: More free pads and tampons for students will soon be available at the Arthur Ashe Center in three new dispensers outside bathrooms. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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January 31, 1:28 am
Sister duo delivers beauty salon services on the go
Each morning, Liz Garcia rolls bins full of nail polish, hot wax and hair styling tools from her car on Veteran Avenue to the Hill. She and her sister will likely spend 12 hours on campus, a feat they’re happy to accomplish. Read more...
Photo: Jaqueline Garcia (left) and Liz Garcia (right) are sisters who started a mobile salon service last quarter for students living on the Hill and in Westwood Village. The service, called Beauty on Demand, provides nail, hair and waxing services. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)
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January 31, 1:27 am
Chancellor Gene Block discusses Trump’s executive order, ongoing issues
Chancellor Gene Block meets with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board every quarter to discuss issues affecting campus and to explain administrative policies. At their meeting Monday, Block, who was joined by Vice Chancellors Jerry Kang and Monroe Gorden Jr. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Gene Block discussed the effect of President Donald Trump’s executive order on travel, housing for additional students and increasing resources for mental health services in his meeting with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board on Monday. (Frank To/Daily Bruin)
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January 29, 9:10 pm
Sigma C.H.A.I. aims to promote inclusivity among UCLA communities
Students can drink chai and chat about how to make UCLA a more inclusive campus in a new organization called Sigma C.H.A.I. Undergraduate Students Association Council’s General Representative 3 Inan Chowdhury launched Sigma C.H.A.I., or Coalition of Humans Against Inequality, on Friday. Read more...
Photo: Students discuss what builds the best relationships in the first meeting of Sigma C.H.A.I. (Yixuan Gong/Daily Bruin)