Students who resent searching for empty seats in libraries and dining halls may not need to bother anymore. The Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative 2 office began promoting an iPhone app called Bear Essentials last week that monitors how crowded every UCLA library and dining hall is throughout the day. Read more...
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April 23, 1:01 am
Bear Essentials app provides data on campus traffic
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April 23, 1:00 am
USAC Recap – April 22
Agenda The council approved contingency programming allocations with a 10-0-1 vote. Special Presentations A student presented to the council about Ally Week, which aims to educate UCLA community members about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and how to be an ally to them. Read more...
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April 23, 12:59 am
UCLA faculty member and family find a home on the Hill
Faculty-in-residence Rashmita Mistry feels like family to some of her students. One of her residents, Tatev Papikyan, said Mistry was the first professor she formed a personal relationship with – something she didn’t expect on such a large campus. Read more...
Photo: Faculty-in-residence Rashmita Mistry, her 10-year-old son Millen and her husband Kiran Mistry have lived on the Hill together for the past five years. (Sidhaant Shah/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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April 23, 12:57 am
Focus turns to SB 1299 after UCLA hospital stabbings
The stabbings of two UCLA hospital nurses Sunday have drawn renewed attention to a push by labor groups and state lawmakers for strengthened workplace violence prevention standards in California’s hospitals. Read more...
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April 23, 12:56 am
Students meet Bruin Plate food producers in Earth Day event
Mozzarella dipped in olive oil and an orange-grapefruit hybrid were a few of the samples local farmers provided for students at Bruin Plate for Earth Day. Read more...
Photo: Jeff Stein (left), the restaurant account manager at Scarborough Farms, came to Bruin Plate Tuesday afternoon to talk with students about the food he helps produce. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
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April 23, 12:56 am
Town hall to discuss diversity-related GE requirement
Undergraduate student government officials are hosting a town hall Wednesday to give faculty and students a chance to discuss the development of a new diversity-related general education requirement. Read more...
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April 23, 12:55 am
UCLA Center for World Health engages students globally
UCLA medical student Debbie Martins still remembers a 2-year-old girl she met last summer while working with children suffering from malaria and tuberculosis in a Mozambique clinic. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Center for World Health participated in a program in Mozambique. The center gives students an opportunity to do medical research abroad. Courtesy of Gregory Szekeres