Jason Hibono will visit his extended family in Indonesia for the first time in 20 years using funding from a national scholarship. Hibono, a third-year psychobiology student, is one of two UCLA recipients of a grant from the Fulbright-Hays Program, which was founded in 1961 by the U.S. Read more...
Photo: Amanda Norman, a second-year communication student, and Jason Hibono, a third-year psychobiology student, received the Fulbright-Hays scholarship. (Quanzhao “Ari” He/Daily Bruin)
Expert panelists said at an event Tuesday that environmental degradation disproportionately affects communities of color, and that promoting racial diversity among environmental science researchers could help address the issue. Read more...
Photo: The Environmentalists of Color Collective at UCLA hosted a forum on climate justice at Carnesale Commons which aimed to raise awareness and start a dialogue about environmental racism. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin)
The undergraduate student government election board said during a judicial board hearing Wednesday it failed to adequately investigate a complaint about attempted voter coercion. The judicial board held a hearing Wednesday night for a petition against the election board that claimed it failed to fully investigate complaint cases related to voter coercion and did not issue a reasonable sanction against Bruins United candidates Bella Martin and Victoria Solkovits. Read more...
Photo: Matthew Dunham, director of the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board investigations committee, and Isabelle Bock, director of the external relations committee, attended a judicial board hearing Wednesday evening. (Edward Qiao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services has created new programs to interact with and support students using funds from increased student fees. CAPS is using funding from the #UCLAwellness Initiative Referendum to operate the CAPS Student Advisory Board, to run the International Student Support Program and to hire a community liaison who will help students access mental health resources outside CAPS, said Nicole Green, executive director of CAPS. Read more...
A UCLA professor recently received an award for his work in chemistry. Richard Kaner, a distinguished professor in chemistry and biochemistry, received the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2018 Centenary Prize for his research on energy harnessing and storage, according to a university press release Monday. Read more...
Photo: Richard Kaner, a professor in chemistry and biochemistry, received the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2018 Centenary Prize for his research on energy harnessing and storage. (UCLA Newsroom)
The owner of a Westwood sports bar plans to open a new restaurant in Westwood Village. A retail space at 1009 Broxton Ave. that women’s clothing boutique Kinsley used to occupy is being outfitted to house a restaurant. Read more...
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This was post was updated May 9 at 10:23 a.m. The undergraduate student government judicial board decided to review a petition against the election board and postponed the swearing in of next year’s council. Read more...
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