Thursday, February 19

Pediatric AIDS Coalition director of cause flies back from DC to dance

This weekend, Daniel Cook will fly 2,700 miles from Washington, D.C., to UCLA to honor two uncles he lost to AIDS. Cook, a third-year political science student, will return for a weekend from his quarter in Washington, D.C., to participate in Dance Marathon, an annual 26-hour event in Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

Photo: Daniel Cook will fly back from Washington, D.C., to UCLA for Dance Marathon this weekend. Participating in the event, which he helped organize, is Cook’s way of honoring the family members he lost to AIDS. (Courtesy of Daniel Cook)


Students hold vigil to honor victims of Lahore terrorist attack

Students honored victims of the Easter Sunday terrorist attack that killed 72 people in Lahore, Pakistan, during a vigil in Meyerhoff Park Wednesday night. About 35 students who attended the vigil, organized by the Pakistani Student Association at UCLA and the South Indian Project, held candles and listened to student speakers react to the attack and discuss their hopes for a more unified Pakistan. Read more...

Photo: As the sun set in Meyerhoff Park Wednesday night, about 35 students gathered for a vigil to honor the victims of the Easter Sunday terrorist attack that killed 72 people in Lahore, Pakistan. Members of the Pakistani Student Association at UCLA and the South Indian Project organized the event. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)




Vice provost of Institute of American Cultures to step down

The vice provost of the Institute of American Cultures, a program intended to promote and advance research in ethnic studies, will step down from her position in July to return as a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences. Read more...

Photo: Belinda Tucker, the vice provost of the Institute of American Cultures, will step down from her position in July to return as a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences. (Courtesy of UCLA)



Writing center opens new branch catering to social science students

Students can now receive writing help for social science classes through a new writing center, social science officials said in an email Monday. The Social Science Undergraduate Writing Center will provide students with one-on-one tutoring for any social science writing assignment, said Christine Holten, director of the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center. Read more...



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