This post was updated July 30 at 7:07 p.m. Among the aroma of donuts and candy on Bruin Plaza, members of Bruin Sustainable Age can be found not urging students to join a club but to write to their congressional representatives. Read more...
Photo: Members of Bruin Sustainable Age throw their hands up in the air. The club, founded two years ago, aims to introduce more sustainable approaches to both the corporate and legislative worlds. (Photos by Chloe Gonzales, courtesy of Ninava Sharma)
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Why have sea lions been biting people in Southern California? Read more...
This post was updated July 2 at 7:43 p.m. Columbia University professor Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park was named dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is pictured. On Tuesday, UCLA announced that Columbia University professor Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park will be the School of Engineering’s next dean, effective Sept. 1. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated June 23 at 8:52 p.m. On World Blood Donor Day, 5-year-old Wesley Rae met one of the donors who helped save his life. Read more...
Photo: Vanessa Cruz stands at a podium at the UCLA Blood & Platelet Center’s 24th annual World Blood Donor Day event. During the event, Cruz’s son Wesley Rae, who received red blood cell and platelet transfusions as part of his treatment, had the chance to meet one of his blood donors. (Courtesy of Noah Danesh)
UCLA Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence is inviting the public to help look for aliens. As part of the group’s community science project, “Are we alone in the universe?”, members of the public analyze radio waves captured by the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia – the largest fully steerable telescope on Earth – and identify unique patterns in the waves that may indicate extraterrestrial life. Read more...
Photo: Members of the UCLA Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence are pictured. The team’s new community science project “Are we alone in the universe?” allows members of the public to classify radio signals in hopes of identifying one made by extraterrestrial life. (Photo courtesy of Ben Paul. Illustration by Ashley Ko/Illustrations director)
Chloe Alviz had tried out multiple pre-health clubs during the start of her time at UCLA, but she struggled to find the right fit. When searching for career resources, the fourth-year human biology and society student found the panels she attended through various pre-health clubs rarely represented her intended career as a genetic counselor, a job in which practitioners provide information about how genetic conditions may affect a patient and their family. Read more...
Photo: (Ashley Ko/Daily Bruin Staff)
UCLA is changing its COVID-19 protocols, including the COVID-19 Call Center, testing and wastewater surveillance, the Infectious Diseases Management Team announced Wednesday. These changes follow the end of federal, state and county COVID-19 public health emergencies, the announcement said. Read more...
Photo: A COVID-19 testing kit vending machine and collection box are pictured. The university will remove vending machines and collection boxes at some locations and make other changes to COVID-19 protocols. (Daily Bruin file photo)
