Tuesday, June 9

Student hones creativity with leather crafting

On a balmy Saturday afternoon, the third-year mechanical engineering student is hard at work – back hunched, gaze focused and callused hands tense. With a toolbox of hand-worn precision knives and fork-shaped hole punchers sprawled in front of him, he seems to be in his natural engineering habitat. Read more...

Photo: Third-year mechanical engineering student Stephen Yonsik Lee taught himself how to cut, hammer and stitch his own leather products from watching YouTube videos and reading do-it-yourself books. Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff


GE cluster students have research posters placed in Powell

The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Powell Library recently hung research posters made by students in the UCLA Blum Center’s Poverty and Health in Latin America cluster as a way to showcase the students’ work. Read more...

Photo: Second-year English student Gloria Gallardo, left, and second-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student Brianna Backman were among a group of students who created research posters focusing on health, poverty and social justice issues.



Several UCLA websites to be streamlined into one

The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Several websites students use to schedule their classes and regulate their finances will be streamlined and combined in the coming weeks. Read more...


Greek life boasts record growth

The UCLA Greek system saw its largest enrollment class since the 1980s this fall, a trend officials attribute to factors such as recruiting tactics and an increase in university admissions. Read more...


Hillel’s Persian community offers chai, chats to up visibility

The UCLA Persian Community at Hillel will hold their second annual “Chai & Chat” event Wednesday to increase visibility of the Persian Jewish community. Group members will teach the group about the Persian community while serving Persian tea, pastries and hookah, said fourth-year neuroscience student and co-president of the student group, Alon Kashanian. Read more...


Protesters rally against animal research at UCLA

Animal rights activists marched at UCLA on Monday to protest research experimentation on non-human primates and other animals. Read more...

Photo: About 40 protesters marched against the use of animals in research at UCLA on Monday. They called for the release of primates used in UCLA research studies.