Over 40 years ago, Peter Woo stood eating street food on a Korean avenue. Today, he delivers those same hot dogs to UCLA students outside Sproul Court. Read more...
Photo: The Smile Hotdog food truck is pictured. The truck was founded by Peter Woo, who was inspired by a Korean street food recipe. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA’s new Affordability Initiative will award four-year scholarships to up to 35 California resident students each year starting in 2024. The $20,000 scholarships, funded by a $15 million donation from UCLA alumnus Peter Merlone, will be distributed to recipients over the course of four years, according to a press release from UCLA Newsroom. Read more...
Photo: Paper money is pictured. A new UCLA scholarship will provide funds for students to reduce costs and debt. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UC announced May 16 that students and employees will soon be allowed to opt out of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate entirely. The change came after the United States Department of Health and Human Services announced that the federal COVID-19 public health emergency would end May 11. Read more...
Photo: A vaccine record card and a UCLA form are pictured. Students will be able to opt out of vaccinations as part of a new UC policy. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Former men’s basketball player Myles Johnson will be the student speaker at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science’s graduate student commencement. Johnson, who graduated in March with a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering, announced in a tweet Monday that he will be speaking at the ceremony, which will be held June 18 at 1:30 p.m. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is pictured. Former men’s basketball player Myles Johnson, who recently received his master’s in electrical and computer engineering from the school, announced that he will speak at the school’s graduate student commencement. (Justin Jnryung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The inspiration for Sean Sugai’s class came from a phrase on Twitter that caught his eye. When the fourth-year anthropology and human biology and society student saw the phrase “Oceanic Filipinx Studies,” his interest was piqued. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year anthropology and human biology and society student Sean Sugai, an undergraduate instructor, teaches the university’s first oceanic Filipinx studies class. (Amelie Ionescu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council proposed a resolution calling for UCLA to expand COVID-19 protection measures. The resolution – sponsored by Cultural Affairs Commissioner Alicia Verdugo and General Representative Eliana Sisman – calls for the reintroduction of a mask mandate, the continuation of vending machines for COVID-19 tests and the reinforcement of isolation guidelines. Read more...
Photo: A surgical mask is pictured on a brick ground. The Undergraduate Students Association Council proposed a resolution pushing the university to reimplement a mask mandate, among other COVID-19 safety measures. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 27 at 10:54 p.m. UCLA Transportation announced an increase for quarterly parking permit fees at the Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting May 9. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA parking sign is pictured. UCLA Transportation announced upcoming fee increases for campus parking permits. (Daily Bruin file photo)
