The Cap and Gown Rental Project loaned 17 of its 20 caps and gowns in less than an hour when it opened on May 19. The rental period was intended to last until May 22, but ended early after all the graduation gear was rented out on May 20. Read more...
Photo: Former undergraduate student government councilmember Manjot Singh (right) established the Cap & Gown Rental Project last year. (Eva Sidhu/Daily Bruin)
After working an eight-hour day at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Don Vaughn changed out of his lab coat and drove to Los Angeles International Airport last week to catch his flight to New York, where he performed the next day. Read more...
Photo: Don Vaughn, a neuroscience graduate student, drummer and part-time DJ, will speak at TEDxUCLA Saturday. Vaughn will discuss his research into using the brain’s plasticity and sensory substitution to solve neural problems. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)
Before Joan Hanawi left Ecuador for California, her host sister said she thought Hanawi would soon forget her time in Ecuador. But her host family realized her genuine intention to help the people in Tena, Ecuador, after she returned last summer for the third time. Read more...
Photo: Joan Hanawi, a third-year international development studies and geography/environmental studies student, is one of the two undergraduates who will present at TEDxUCLA on Saturday. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA Chicana/o studies journal is hosting a symposium to discuss police violence in Chicana/o communities at UCLA Wednesday, in response to various cases of police brutality against minority ethnic groups. Read more...
Photo: José Luis Serrano Nájera and Elizabeth González Cárdenas, co-editors-in-chief of Regeneración Tlacuilolli, will organize a symposium on police brutality on Wednesday. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will begin installing new water pipes under Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue next month, causing reduction of lanes on both streets and some other traffic-related changes. Read more...
UCLA tour guides each give tours at least twice a week, showing prospective students and their families UCLA’s campus and giving them a feel for what it means to be a Bruin. Read more...
The dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs was named chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, officials announced Friday. Frank Gilliam, named dean in 2008, has played roles in furthering UCLA’s civic engagement through research and partnerships within the community, according to a UCLA statement. Read more...
Photo: Frank Gilliam, dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, was named chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. (UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs)
