Alvin Vuong and Eric Qu had no business experience when they pitched their idea for an augmented reality game studio to the UCLA Startup Accelerator in 2017. Read more...
Photo: Alvin Vuong and Eric Qu helped found a startup called Escality, LLC and are part of the growing community of student entrepreneurs at UCLA.(Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)
Muslim students are continuing to pray at an outdoor loading area due to the lack of private prayer spaces on campus. The Muslim Student Association currently holds its general Muslim prayers at the loading area behind Kerckhoff Hall, a public space that is often disrupted by foot traffic and heavy construction activities related to the renovations in Ackerman Union. Read more...
Photo: The Muslim Student Association currently holds its general prayers at the loading area behind Kerckhoff Hall, a public space often disrupted by foot traffic and construction activities related to the renovations in Ackerman Union. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
Technological entrepreneur Henry Samueli, the namesake of UCLA’s engineering school, said at an event Wednesday that engineering has become an increasingly popular and lucrative field over the past three decades. Read more...
Associated Students of UCLA employees now receive their pay through a new University of California-wide payroll system. The UC Payroll, Academic Personnel, Timekeeping and Human Resources project, a uniform center for managing payroll across the UC’s campuses, launched at ASUCLA on Jan. Read more...
Photo: Associated Students of UCLA has been using UCPath, a University of California-wide program, for its payroll system since Jan. 2. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 18 at 9:43 p.m. UCLA fraternities have been indefinitely banned from hosting in-house events with alcohol, according to a statement from the UCLA Interfraternity Council. Read more...
Rawan Galaidos came up with the idea to sell streetwear to fund malaria prevention and education in Ethiopia when she learned that humans are intrinsically communal in a UCLA sociology lecture. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Rawan Galaidos is one of the first people from UCLA to receive a scholarship from the Schwarzman Scholars program. (Courtesy of Rawan Galaidos)
UCLA researchers have developed a new method of making genes that is about 100-times cheaper than current methods. Researchers in the department of chemistry and biochemistry and the Molecular Biology Institute created a new technique called DropSynth. Read more...
Photo: DropSynth is a new method for researchers to synthesize segments of DNA, which researchers use to study protein production, at a much lower cost. (Daily Bruin file photo)
