UCLA will spend $5 million in university funds to build the new graduate student fitness center, a UCLA official told graduate students Wednesday. Michael DeLuca, assistant vice chancellor of campus life, gave graduate students details about the new Kinross Recreation Center at a forum Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: The old Kinross Recreation Center will close Dec. 16. Officials announced details of the new KREC at a forum Wednesday. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo Editor)
Some students on campus have already chosen to vote by mail instead of waiting to vote in person Tuesday. Voting by mail, or absentee voting, allows people to receive a ballot at home and send it to the county registrar whenever they want. Read more...
Photo: Students can choose to vote by mail instead of waiting in line to vote in person. The deadline to request a mail ballot was Tuesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Student organizations and on-campus services will continue to offer mental health resources for students affected by the recent suicide and death on campus. As a response to the suicide, Counseling and Psychological Services is reaching out to students directly affected, said Nicole Green, executive director of CAPS. Read more...
Photo: Counseling and Psychological Services offers trainings for students who want to learn about mental health and suicide. (Daily Bruin file photos)
UCLA and Los Angeles officials reviewed emergency responses to the June 1 murder-suicide and discussed potential improvements at a public panel Thursday. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer moderated the panel at the Charles E. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Police Chief Manny Garza, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck, West Los Angeles Police Captain Tina Nieto and USAC President Danny Siegel discussed gun violence and campus safety at a panel Thursday. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)
Students de-stressed by throwing pies on other students’ faces Wednesday. Bruins for Healthcare held an event from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Dickson Court where students that were stressed from midterms or needed to release frustration got to pie the organization’s board members in the face. Read more...
Photo: Board members of Bruins for Healthcare were pied on the face by students who felt stressed out due to midterms, as part of the student organization’s fundraising initiative. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
In a recent study, UCLA researchers found transgender adults are more racially and ethnically diverse in comparison to the general United States population. The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, which published the study in October, also found that transgender adults who identified with a certain race were significantly more likely to live in communities with a high proportion of individuals of the same race. Read more...
Students who find themselves eating alone on the Hill have a new way to find a dining partner. With the Bruin Dine app, which was launched by three UCLA students, students are matched with a stranger for a meal. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students Dustin Wong (left), a fourth-year biology student, Ram Sivasundaram (center) and Victor Wu (right), fourth-year economics students, created Bruin Dine, a new app that helps students find people to eat with at dining halls on the Hill. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
