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)
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...
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
Homelessness Awareness Week, an event meant to educate students about homelessness in Los Angeles, is happening until Friday at various locations across campus and on the Hill. Read more...
During the height of the Enlightenment, French mathematician and philosopher Marquis de Condorcet first brought together the diverse disciplines of mathematics and politics in his renowned study of voting methods. Read more...
Photo: Congressmen Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton) gave a lecture on election campaigning Tuesday, where he discussed the role of math and data in informing campaign decisions. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
Arieh Warshel, who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry, presented a free, public seminar on Monday called “Multiscale Modeling of Complex Biological Systems and Processes.” Warshal and two other scientists were presented the award last year for their work in “the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems.” The event was part of UCLA’s physical chemistry seminar series and was sponsored by the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and by the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. Read more...
Former undergraduate student government officer Omar Arce will next appear in court May 30 for a pretrial hearing, according to a Los Angeles Superior Court spokesman. Read more...
