Headline recommendation: Forbes once called her the most powerful 11-year-old in the world. Now she's at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Zuriel Oduwole, a first-year psychobiology student, has met more than 30 presidents and prime ministers during her work advocating for children’s access to education. She began her rise to prominence at 9 years old when she won a national history competition. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Several minors at UCLA will be undergoing name and curriculum changes effective this fall. Every year, UCLA reviews and revises programs – while some changes reflect an evolving curriculum, other name changes are efforts to be more concise and attractive to students. Read more...
Pedestrians reclaimed parking spaces at three separate locations in Westwood on Friday. Park(ing) Day is a global movement that transforms vehicle spaces into walkable areas and is observed globally every year on the third Friday of September. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Village Improvement Association turned the parking spaces in front of the Ministry of Coffee into a parklet with games and refreshments Friday. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
An alumna claims UCLA Residential Life treated her unfairly after she reported an alleged incident of sexual harassment in 2016 while still a student. Yu Akao, a former student, alleged in an email that her former suite mate’s boyfriend sexually harassed her as she attempted to exit the shower in her Delta Terrace residence during fall quarter 2016. Read more...
Photo: An alumni alleges Residential Life mishandled her sexual harassment claim. She said she chose to speak out about it to prevent other students from having the same experience. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA is already a competitive university, with a first-year acceptance rate of 14% in 2018 – the same as Cornell’s that year. For students applying to programs outside the College of Letters and Science, however, the bar can be even higher. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Daily Bruin)
Three UCLA student lifeguards were awarded an American Red Cross Lifesaving Award for Professional Responders on Wednesday for their actions when a man collapsed in the Sunset Recreation locker rooms in January. Read more...
Photo: UCLA lifeguards second-year economics Jackson Lieberg (second from left), fourth-year civil and environmental engineering student Margit Maple (middle) and rising fourth-year sociology student Ted White (not pictured) were awarded the American Red Cross Lifesaving Award for Professional Responders for their actions after a man collapsed in the locker room. (Courtesy of Elise Burgos/UCLA)
A one-year agreement between UCLA and electric scooter companies will impose new restrictions on where students can use e-scooters and may also provide discounts for students using the devices. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Transportation and e-scooter companies began a one-year pilot program to restrict e-scooter use on campus and possibly offer discounts for students. (Daily Bruin file photo)
