The UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden is renovating its stream to make it more water-efficient and help introduce more diverse flora and fauna. The renovation, which began in June of last year, involves installing an automatic irrigation system and reinforcing the stream bed. Read more...
Photo: The stream at the UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden is pictured under construction. The renovated waterway is expected to reopen in May. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Feb. 27 at 8:52 p.m. YEP! at UCLA is committed to fostering the leaders of tomorrow through education and empowerment. The student-run organization – which hosts chapters at other universities including Brown University, Yale University, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara and the University of New South Wales in Sydney – provides underserved students with a free entrepreneurship curriculum, according to the group’s website. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are members of the YEP! at UCLA club. The club offers workshops to high school and middle school students on entrepreneurship. (Courtesy of Audrey Shapiro)
This post was updated Feb. 27 at 11:34 a.m. A recent $10 million pledge from UCLA alumni Helen and Morgan Chu will help support and strengthen the university’s ethnic studies research. Read more...
Photo: Murphy Hall is pictured. A recent $10 million pledged donation to UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers will further their research capacities. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Residents living in classic residence halls on the Hill have raised concerns regarding cleanliness in communal bathrooms. Across the Hill’s four classic halls – Dykstra, Sproul, Rieber and Hedrick – each floor has a separate men’s and women’s bathroom for all residents of the floor to share. Read more...
Photo: Dykstra Hall, where a resident director recently reported concerns about bathroom cleanliness and urine in stairwells, is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A new UCLA club is aiming to start a new chapter in examining patient care. Founded in August, (Re)Defining Health studies medical humanities by discussing texts written by medical practitioners and patients to provide a comprehensive and complex view of healthcare, said its internal director Sophia Zhao. Read more...
Photo: (Joy Chen/Daily Bruin)
The Afrikan Diaspora Living Learning Community provides a supportive space for students exploring the African Diaspora, but, in some ways, frustrates its current residents and represents their larger concerns with the university. Read more...
Photo: Students walk out of Rieber Hall, where the Afrikan Diaspora Living Learning Community is located. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Post updated Feb. 25 at 10:56 p.m. A little after 8 a.m. on Feb. 13, Andrew Greenberg was taking his Chemistry 14CL midterm when he, along with more than 200 other students taking the exam, heard a scream. Read more...
Photo: Andrew Greenberg (left) and Aakrsh Misra (right) look off into the distance as they stand in front of Young Hall. The two, who are both student EMTs, helped save a student who was having a seizure during their midterm exam. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
