UCLA warned international students and employees about scammers targeting foreigners and their families in an email Monday. The Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars sent the warning after recent cases of fraud against international students and employees. Read more...
Crime, News
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February 13, 9:33 pm
Dashew Center warns nonresident community of fraudulent calls, emails
A Closer Look, News, Science & Health
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February 13, 10:45 am
UCLA dentistry students put skills to the test with free screenings
UCLA dentistry students are offering dental screenings at no cost to prepare for their dental licensure exam. Dental students who are training for their dental licensure exam perform the screenings and can diagnose cavities or other minor dental issues in patients. Read more...
Photo: (Taylor Leong/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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February 12, 11:08 pm
UCLA offers Fiat Lux courses about Trump campaign, presidency
The UCLA Division of Social Sciences offered faculty up to $1000 to teach seminars about President Donald Trump and the 2016 election in the spring. Faculty will lead six seminars about issues relating to the 2016 election, some of which were awarded funds through the Social Sciences Dean’s Fund for Programs & Teaching Related to the 2016 Presidential Election. Read more...
Campus, News
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February 12, 9:27 pm
UCLA Department of History announces addition of history minor
Students can minor in history as of winter 2017, the UCLA Department of History announced last week. The minor will require seven courses: two lower division and five upper division courses. Read more...
Photo: The history department will hold an information meeting in Bunche Hall tomorrow for students interested in adding a history minor. (Daily Bruin file photo)
News, Student Government
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February 11, 2:47 pm
New USAC campaign encourages students to vote ‘no’ on LA’s Measure S
Students began preparing for a campaign Thursday against a new housing measure that would restrict off-campus housing developments. The undergraduate student government external vice president’s office held an event for a new campaign, Save UCLA Housing: No on Measure S, to encourage discussion about the Measure S ballot initiative. Read more...
Photo: Rafi Sands, USAC external vice president, engaged in a discussion with Matthew Ziering, member of Jesse Creed for LA City Council campaign, on the need to vote against Measure S and ways to increase student voter turn out during the campaign’s first meeting on Thursday. (Haoyang Yan/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, News, Science & Health
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February 10, 12:13 am
Campus Queries: Why is the Leaning Tower of Pisa still standing?
Campus Queries is a new Q&A series in which Daily Bruin readers send in science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. This week, Diane Favro, professor of architecture and urban design, answers. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Illustrations director)
News, Science & Health
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February 10, 12:12 am
UCLA researcher tackles paralysis with electrical stimulation devices
A UCLA professor is helping paralyzed individuals regain use of their limbs through electric stimulation of the spinal cord. In 2015, Reggie Edgerton, the director of the Neuromuscular Research Laboratory at UCLA, developed a robotic exoskeleton that helped a paralyzed man walk. Read more...
Photo: Reggie Edgerton, the director of the Neuromuscular Research Laboratory at UCLA, developed a robotic exoskeleton that helped a paralyzed man walk last year. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)