Window washers dressed as superheroes descended from the roof of Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA Wednesday, while the kids waved at them. The event ran from 9:30 a.m. Read more...
Photo: The fourth annual Superhero Day at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA took place this Wednesday. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
About 150 union members chanted “We want a raise” and “Who does the work? We do the work” as they handed out yellow flyers to students and parents moving into the residential halls Friday morning. Read more...
Photo: Members of Teamsters Local 2010, the union representing UCLA skilled trades workers, protested what they called a low wage proposal during Friday move-in. (Ryan Leou/National and higher education editor)
UCLA officials are working to supplement the increase in undergraduate enrollment for the 2016-2017 academic year by increasing the number of discussion and lab sections. Robert Cox, director of enrollment planning and academic performance analysis, said he is expecting an increase of at least 150 more discussion and lab sections from fall 2015 to fall 2016. Read more...
Photo: The number of undergraduate discussion sections in the College has grown steadily each year since 2010.
New vaccination policies will require some UCLA and UCLA Lab School students to get additional shots to continue their education. The new Senate Bill No. 277, or SB 277, enforces a mandatory vaccination requirement for most public and private K-12 facilities in the state, including preschools and day care centers. Read more...
Photo: The new Senate Bill No. 277 enforces a mandatory vaccination requirement for most public and private K-12 facilities in the state, including preschools and day care centers such as the UCLA Lab School. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Nicki Klein sat idle at her corporate job in the years after graduating from UCLA, wishing she could find a career as captivating as the Legos and puzzles she played with for hours as a child. Read more...
Photo: Nicki Klein founded a career development platform called Betagig in 2016, with Melissa Hargis. Klein and Hargis, who both made drastic career switches, came up with the idea for Betagig while in San Francisco for a hackathon. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Ritvik Kharkar considers analyzing the black market for dining hall swipes a matter of social good. His analysis compiles colorful graphs with sharp spikes representing the alternating high and low numbers of swipes for sale throughout the academic year. Read more...
Photo: UCLA student Ritvik Kharkar collected data from a Facebook group where students buy and sell meal swipes to determine whether UCLA Housing lost revenue because of the “swipes black market.” (Catherine Liberty Feliciano/Daily Bruin senior staff)
