This post was updated Nov. 13 at 9:38 p.m. Joan Wiener joined the UCLA Alumni Band for her love of music and UCLA sports. She also met the love of her life. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Alumni Band is pictured at the Rose Bowl. The band celebrated its 50th anniversary Oct. 18 during the halftime show at UCLA football’s game against Maryland. (Courtesy of Greg Turk)
This post was updated Nov. 11 at 11:44 p.m. UCLA’s Court of Sciences teemed with activity Sunday as about 12,000 people attended the university’s largest annual science fair. Read more...
Photo: Many attendees are pictured at Exploring Your Universe, a volunteer-led event held on the first Sunday of every November, in the Court of Sciences. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Bats have fascinated Joseph Curti since he first encountered them in seventh grade. Now, as a postdoctoral fellow for the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, Curti not only researches and works with different bat populations but also works to get other people interested in bats as well. Read more...
Photo: Joseph Curti is pictured showing attendees the use of ultrasonic microphones to track bats as he leads a bat walk. (Courtesy of Zoya Alam)
Anthony Friscia, the director of the UCLA Cluster Program – a year-long general education program for first-year students – sat down with Daily Bruin reporter Caitlin Brockenbrow to discuss the goals for the program, budgetary challenges and upcoming changes. Read more...
Photo: Anthony Friscia, director of the cluster program and associate teaching professor in the department of integrative biology and physiology, is pictured in his office. Friscia said the program is often why students choose to attend UCLA and helps first-years connect with campus. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 6 at 11:31 p.m. Students and faculty gathered Oct. 28 for a Día de los Muertos event honoring Chicano activists and people impacted by immigration raids who have died. Read more...
Photo: Students and faculty gather at an Oct. 28 Día de los Muertos event held at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. The holiday is celebrated in Mexico and other Latin American countries, where participants commemorate the spirits of departed loved ones and welcome the return of their spirits with altars and other offerings. (Courtesy of UCLA CSRC)
This post was updated Nov. 9 at 11:25 p.m. UCLA became the first UC campus to launch an academic department dedicated to labor studies this fall. Read more...
Photo: Jennifer Chun, the interim chair of the new department of labor studies, is pictured. Chun spoke at an open house for the new department in October. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated Nov. 6 at 11:17 p.m. Most people would not think twice about seeing a bird on UCLA’s campus. However, for researchers in the Yeh Lab, many of the birds are anything but ordinary. Read more...
Photo: A Dark-eyed Junco, a kind of sparrow, is perched on a tree branch. The Yeh lab evaluates how Juncos respond and adapt to urban environments, particularly on UCLA’s campus. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
