Throughout the school year, Will Conley spends many nights at UCLA, coaching students in his review sessions and greeting them not only with firm handshakes and polite hellos, but also hugs, requests for selfies and laughs. Read more...
Photo: Will Conley, an assistant adjunct professor of mathematics, won the My Last Lecture Award on Tuesday. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
Students in Jack Caughey’s class can turn in annotated McDonald’s menus and “interview” poems for class assignments. Caughey, a teaching assistant for English 4W: “Critical Reading and Writing,” encourages students to build their own syllabi. Read more...
Photo: Teaching assistant Jack Caughey said he allows his students to complete only the assignments that interest them. Caughey said he thinks when students choose their own paths in the course, their work is more creative. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Apr. 25 at 5:31 p.m. Editor’s note: The Daily Bruin updated the art for this story because the original photo was taken in violation of The Bruin’s policy. Read more...
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The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
UCLA officials appointed a new dean for the UCLA School of Dentistry on Tuesday. Paul Krebsbach, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, will succeed Dr. Read more...
Photo: Paul Krebsbach, a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, was appointed as the eighth dean of the UCLA dentistry school Tuesday. (University of Michigan)
The second floor of Boelter Hall is often heard before it’s seen. Filled with sounds of metal striking metal, the open workspace is cluttered with wires, rods and circuit boards, serving as the home base for multiple engineering and computer science groups – and now, X1 Robotics. Read more...
Photo: Prescott Rynewicz, a third-year aerospace engineering student, is part of X1 Robotics, a student-run robotics club that aims to engage engineering students in projects. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Members of Bruin Republicans said they are uncertain about how they will vote in the California primary, after several major Republican candidates dropped out of the race. Read more...
