Thursday, February 5

Student-run BruinDining app resumes operations after temporary shutdown

This post was updated March 4 at 5:01 p.m. BruinDining, a student-developed app that helped students navigate UCLA’s dining options, was initially taken down around Jan. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is the BruinDining app icon featured on the App Store. The app’s owner, third-year computer science and engineering student Marius Genton, decided to shut down the app after UCLA’s branding team claimed multiple aspects of the app were noncompliant with university policies. (Courtesy of Marius Genton)


Q&A: New Associate Vice Chancellor Steve Lurie talks campus safety, transparency

Just 10 days after starting work as UCLA’s associate vice chancellor for campus and community safety, Steve Lurie discussed his plans for the role with campus politics editor Shiv Patel. Read more...

Photo: Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus and Community Safety Steve Lurie posses for a photo. Lurie discussed his plans for the office with the Daily Bruin. (Courtesy of UCLA and David Esquivel)


Dog walkers find community in early-morning meetups on UCLA’s campus

The Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden spends its mornings filled with dogs. Beginning in May 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced communities into lockdown, community member Keith Wilson and his Coton de Tulear named Bucky, walked around campus every day to stay active. Read more...

Photo: Dog owners and their pets interact in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden on Monday morning. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)


USAC appoints Joy Huang as new Facilities commissioner

The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint Joy Huang as its next Facilities commissioner. Huang, a third-year environmental science student, will succeed former Facilities Commissioner Alexandra Paul, who resigned in January. Read more...

Photo: Joy Huang, whom USAC confirmed Tuesday as its next Facilities commissioner, is pictured. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)



Chancellor Julio Frenk announces suspension of two pro-Palestine student groups

This post was updated Feb. 13 at 11:45 p.m. Chancellor Julio Frenk announced Wednesday that the university suspended two pro-Palestine groups at UCLA. The move, announced in a campuswide email, comes after around 50 members of the two groups – Students for Justice in Palestine and Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA – protested outside of UC Regent Jay Sures’ Brentwood home Feb. Read more...

Photo: Students protesting in support of Palestine are pictured. UCLA suspended two pro-Palestine student groups – Students for Justice in Palestine and Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA – on Wednesday. (Vanessa Man/Daily Bruin)


‘A wild animal’: Squirrels on UCLA campus create memories, make mischief

“You can’t spend a day walking around UCLA and not see a squirrel. That’s an impossible day,” said Peter Nonacs, vice chair of the ecology and evolutionary biology department. Read more...

Photo: A collage of squirrels is pictured. The eastern fox squirrel is the most common type of squirrel on UCLA’s campus and can be found foraging, hoarding nuts and attempting to eat students’ food on a daily basis. (Photo illustration by Mia Tavares/Daily Bruin senior staff. Photos by Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff, Lucine Ekizian/Daily Bruin senior staff and Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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