Bruin Entrepreneurs gave students an opportunity to pitch their startup ideas at its 1000 Pitches event May 29. Bruin Entrepreneurs hosted its annual event for students to present their ideas to investors and fellow students in the De Neve Plaza Rooms. Read more...
Photo: The 1000 Pitches competition was held in the De Neve Plaza Rooms. The event, hosted by Bruin Entrepreneurs, allowed students to present their ideas to investors and fellow students. (Courtesy of Yashila Suresh)
The United States Supreme Court unanimously upheld access to mifepristone Thursday. FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine – the court’s first abortion case since overturning Roe v. Read more...
Photo: The United States Supreme Court is pictured. On Thursday, the court unanimously upheld access to mifepristone, a pill used to induce abortions. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A group of students in the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program have partnered with the Nature Nexus Institute, one of the program’s stakeholders, to tie together nature, art and mental health. Read more...
Photo: Katherine Mathews, one of the undergraduate student research program’s scholars, is pictured here. (Courtesy of Katherine Mathews)
Former UCLA basketball player Russell Stong IV is tallying new assists off the court through a scholarship for low-income engineering students. The mechanical engineering graduate student announced in March the creation of the Russell Stong IV Engineering Scholarship, which will be used to support low-income students in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Read more...
Photo: Russell Stong IV is pictured next to the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Building. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated June 10 at 2:30 p.m. In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, two United States Supreme Court cases could redefine the national landscape of abortion care. Read more...
Photo: Pro-choice protesters march through Bruin Plaza after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. The court will decide upon two more cases relating to abortion rights this term. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Following the attacks on and police sweep of the first Palestine solidarity encampment, 43 pro-Palestine protesters and other individuals – whom UCPD alleged were trying to occupy and vandalize Moore Hall – were arrested in Parking Structure 2 on May 6. Read more...
Photo: Following the encampment, UCLA’s students, teaching assistants and professors have dealt with the impacts of transitioning to remote lab classes. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez gave her Last Lecture on May 14 to an auditorium filled with Bruins, her former students and fellow faculty. Thousands of Bruins voted for Ghez – who was one of 260 faculty nominees – to be honored with the Marty Sklar My Last Lecture award, said Jamie Cheung, vice president of the Alumni Scholars Club, which hosted the event. Read more...
Photo: Andrea Ghez, professor of physics and astronomy and recipient of the “My Last Lecture Award,” is pictured left. Jamie Cheung, vice president of the Alumni Scholars Club, which hosted the event, is pictured right. (Eva Danesh/Daily Bruin)
