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UCLA students create musical comedy based on Zoom learning experience

This post was updated Nov. 9 at 2:15 p.m. This musical was recorded on Zoom. The Shenanigans Comedy Club at UCLA premiered the recording of “Zoom School Zoomsical the Zoomsical the Zoom! Read more...

Photo: Over the summer, the Shenanigans Comedy Club at UCLA created and recorded a new comedic musical about school life on Zoom. The “Zoomsical” premiered at the club’s first in-person show of fall quarter and has now been uploaded to YouTube. (Courtesy of Shenanigans Comedy Club Digital Sketch department)


LA Cancer Challenge beats fundraising goals, funds pancreatic cancer research

The LA Cancer Challenge raised more than half a million dollars toward pancreatic cancer research with its 5-kilometer team race on campus Sunday. Held near the end of every October, the LA Cancer Challenge fell on Oct. Read more...

Photo: Walkers and runners participated in the 24th annual LA Cancer Challenge on Sunday with some wearing Halloween costumes. The race was a fundraising event that raised over half a million dollars for the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA professor receives nomination to serve on National Council on the Humanities

President Joe Biden nominated distinguished law professor Jerry Kang to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities on Friday. The National Council on the Humanities is made up of 26 citizens appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Read more...

Photo: Law professor Jerry Kang became a nominee to join the National Council on the Humanities on Friday. Kang stepped down as vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion in 2020 after five years in the position and has worked on research concerning implicit bias and behavioral realism in legal analysis. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Students question food safety practices at UCLA dining halls

This post was updated Nov. 3 at 9:20 p.m. Students are raising concerns about unsafe food practices in dining halls following incidents involving undercooked poultry and inaccurate dietary restriction and ingredient labels. Read more...

Photo: Students with dietary restrictions expressed concerns about some dining halls’ food labels, citing inaccurate allergen and dietary restriction information. (Courtesy of Aditya Sundaram)


Students express excitement at reopening of Feast despite limited operations

Feast at Rieber reopened for dinner service Monday. Students lined up in the rain outside of Feast on Monday to eat at the dining hall, which did not open at the start of fall quarter. Read more...

Photo: Feast at Rieber reopened for nightly dinner operations Monday. Students expressed excitement to have another residential dining option despite a lack of menu variety at The Spice Kitchen at Feast. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Venture Accelerator showcase inspires growth in personal, professional settings

In preparation for presenting her business pitch, Emily Smith went boxing. Under a business performance coach’s instruction, Smith and her fellow entrepreneurs at the UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator program boxed punching bags while screaming their pitches to see how they could make their presentations more dynamic. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator held its fall showcase Oct. 27. Founders from ten different start-up companies, with businesses ranging from an online platform to educate veterinarians on exotic animal medicine to an athletic apparel brand, presented to alumni and potential investors and mentors. (Megan Tagami/Daily Bruin)


Bruins foster community through National Transfer Student Week celebrations

Tiffany Linh and other transfer students celebrated National Transfer Student Week over s’mores as the week came to a close. From Oct. 18 to Oct. 22, the Transfer Student Center, Transfer Leadership Coalition and the Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer student representative’s office, along with other UCLA programs, partnered to host a variety of workshops and social events to celebrate National Transfer Student Week at UCLA, ending with pumpkin painting in De Neve Holly and a s’more social at Saxon Suites. Read more...

Photo: UCLA celebrated National Transfer Student Week from Oct. 18 to Oct. 22. The Transfer Student Center collaborated with other UCLA organizations to host a variety of social events and workshops geared toward transfer students. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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