Friday, October 23

Students have the opportunity to slow down fast fashion at 1st Bruin Bazaar

Students browsed through school supplies, board games and clothing Wednesday at a pop-up shop hosted by student government officials. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commission hosted its first Bruin Bazaar of the year Wednesday, where students could donate items to the market in exchange for clothes, a reusable utensil set or other miscellaneous goods. Read more...

Photo: Students perused the Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commission’s first Bruin Bazaar of the year Wednesday. All items were given at no cost to students in exchange for donations or help promoting the event. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin)



Mental Health Tracker debuts as part of Depression Grand Challenge

UCLA researchers created an online mental health tracker for students to screen, track and treat their mental health issues as part of UCLA’s Depression Grand Challenge. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers developed a mental health tracker, free for all registered students, as part of the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge which seeks to cut depression burdens in half by 2050. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Bruin Belles create sought-after community, foster leadership through philanthropy

Debby Erazo, a third-year public affairs student, received her second rejection in two years from the Bruin Belles Service Association last year. But she wasn’t surprised, she said. Read more...

Photo: The Bruin Belles, founded in the 1940s, is a service organization for women at UCLA. It is also an exclusive organization, accepting fewer than a third of all applicants. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)


Members of the School of Medicine voice support for inclusivity pledge

When the director of the National Institutes for Health announced June 12 his intention to not sit on panels that did not have an inclusive agenda, several members of the UCLA medical community were motivated to follow suit. Read more...

Photo: Kelsey Martin, the first female dean of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, joined the director of the National Institutes of Health in a pledge not to sit on panels where inclusiveness is not taken into account. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)


Air quality improves as Saddleridge fire reaches 41% containment, winds shift

Campus air quality improved but remained unhealthy Sunday for sensitive individuals as winds changed and firefighters contained more of the Saddleridge fire. The wildfire, which burned 7,965 acres just about 15 miles north of campus, is 41% percent contained, according to a Sunday morning alert from the Los Angeles Fire Department. Read more...

Photo: Air quality improved over Sunday as winds changed and firefighters made progress on containment lines. The fire erupted in Sylmar, California, on Thursday night and then spread to Porter Ranch. Although the campus was not in danger, students still had to cope with unhealthy air quality. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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