A technology forecaster predicted in his TED Talk last month that by 2050, 80,000 humans will set off to colonize Mars. “We’re on the verge of a much greater edge of discovery: a two planet species,” said Stephen Petranek, editor in chief of the Breakthrough Technology Report newsletter. Read more...
Photo: Professor of marketing and psychology Danny Oppenheimer spoke to the audience about the pros and cons of democracy at the TED Week at UCLA event. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
This article was updated on April 15 at 5:57 p.m. Yasmeen Al-Mazeedi walked up to the stage, notes in hand, as one of six students ready to tell their stories. Read more...
The club DiaBeaters at UCLA will be hosting educational and interactive activities about diabetes Thursday in Bruin Plaza for the second annual Diabetes Day. This year, DiaBeaters has planned a larger event, receiving financial help from both the UCLA community and local businesses in Westwood, including Bristol Farms, Whole Foods and Coffee Bean, among others, said Megan Cory, one of the club’s co-founders. Read more...
Photo: The club DiaBeaters at UCLA will host a day of activities and interactive games relating to health and nutrition in Bruin Plaza on Thursday for the second annual Diabetes Day at UCLA. (Courtesy of Samar Khoury)
Kathleen Salvaty, a civil rights attorney who has worked to increase funding for public schools, was announced as UCLA's next Title IX officer last week. Read more...
Photo: Kathleen Salvaty, a civil rights attorney, is UCLA’s new Title IX officer. She said she aims to make the campus free of sex discrimination. (UCLA Newsroom)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Read more...
The UCLA Communications Board appointed Assistant News Editor Sam Hoff as the 2015-2016 editor in chief of the Daily Bruin student newspaper in a meeting Tuesday night. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Communications Board appointed Assistant News Editor Sam Hoff as the Daily Bruin’s next editor in chief Tuesday. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Two undergraduate student government candidates who missed a mandatory orientation event will still be allowed to run in the upcoming election, the Election Board decided Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Shagun Kabra, undergraduate student government Election Board chair, excused two candidates from the candidate orientation. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
