Sunday, May 10

UCLA announces new location for graduate student fitness center

This post was updated Nov. 1 at 7:15 p.m. UCLA officials announced a new location for the Kinross Recreation Center on Tuesday. UCLA will build the new fitness center in the northwest end of Parking Lot 36, by Veteran Avenue and Kinross Avenue, said Michael Deluca, assistant vice chancellor of campus life, and Wendy Windsor, director of UCLA Recreation, in an email to graduate students. Read more...

Photo: UCLA officials announced the new site for the Kinross Recreation Center, which was previously housed in the Kinross Building. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Social science master’s program to launch in fall 2017

Students can now apply to a new nine-month-long social science’s master’s degree program. The first Master of Social Sciences Program, or MaSS, will begin fall 2017 and end in June 2018, according to an email announcement sent by UCLA Social Sciences interim dean Laura Gómez. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA social sciences department started a new multidisciplinary research program for students to enable them to get a social sciences master’s degree. (Daily Bruin file photo)


English professor’s past struggles help him empathize with students

Blake Allmendinger would go up to his room when he was a child and escape to the world of mystery novels every time his parents began to fight. Read more...

Photo: English professor Blake Allmendinger said literature helped him cope with his struggles growing up, when he had to deal with a turbulent family life. Here, he is photographed in his office. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA researchers develop low-cost pollution-detection systems

UCLA engineering researchers developed a low-cost mobile imaging system that detects and quantifies air pollution. The Ozcan Research Group designed C-Air, a particle detector capable of sizing pollutants in a sample of air. Read more...

Photo: Yichen Wu is a doctoral student in electrical engineering and the primary researcher on the C-Air Project, a particle detector that calculates the amount of pollution in air. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


Decades-old diplomas remain unclaimed in storage

Diplomas that date from UCLA’s early history sit in Murphy Hall, waiting for retrieval by their rightful owners. Unclaimed diplomas reside in fireproof file cabinets in the Office of the Registrar because people either forget or choose not to claim them. Read more...

Photo: Old diplomas lie unclaimed in the attic of Murphy Hall. Though slightly smaller than diplomas of the past, current University of California diplomas still share many of the same features. (Ryan Leou/Daily Bruin senior staff)



IT Services ends cybersecurity awareness month with talks from experts

People have gone homeless in less than 30 seconds from cyberattacks, an FBI agent told students and faculty at an event Wednesday. “Once you wire (the money), the bank cannot get it back,” said Michael Sohn, a supervisory special agent at the FBI. Read more...

Photo: FBI supervisory special agent Michael Sohn spoke to students, faculty and staff at presentations Wednesday about cybersecurity, as part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. (Raevyn Walker/Daily Bruin contributor)