Saturday, May 9

CAPS to provide counseling to students affected by campus tragedies

Student organizations and on-campus services will continue to offer mental health resources for students affected by the recent suicide and death on campus. As a response to the suicide, Counseling and Psychological Services is reaching out to students directly affected, said Nicole Green, executive director of CAPS. Read more...

Photo: Counseling and Psychological Services offers trainings for students who want to learn about mental health and suicide. (Daily Bruin file photos)


UCLA hosts panel to discuss campus safety improvements, gun violence

UCLA and Los Angeles officials reviewed emergency responses to the June 1 murder-suicide and discussed potential improvements at a public panel Thursday. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer moderated the panel at the Charles E. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Police Chief Manny Garza, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck, West Los Angeles Police Captain Tina Nieto and USAC President Danny Siegel discussed gun violence and campus safety at a panel Thursday. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)



Photo: Bruins for Healthcare gets pied in the face for a good cause

Students de-stressed by throwing pies on other students’ faces Wednesday. Bruins for Healthcare held an event from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Dickson Court where students that were stressed from midterms or needed to release frustration got to pie the organization’s board members in the face. Read more...

Photo: Board members of Bruins for Healthcare were pied on the face by students who felt stressed out due to midterms, as part of the student organization’s fundraising initiative. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)


UCLA study finds transgender adults more racially, ethnically diverse

In a recent study, UCLA researchers found transgender adults are more racially and ethnically diverse in comparison to the general United States population. The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, which published the study in October, also found that transgender adults who identified with a certain race were significantly more likely to live in communities with a high proportion of individuals of the same race. Read more...



Associate professor to receive funding for terahertz waves research

A UCLA associate professor will receive nearly a million dollars to fund her research as part of a new scientific fellowship program. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation recognized electrical engineering associate professor Mona Jarrahi on Wednesday as a Moore Inventor Fellow for her invention of an imaging tool. Read more...

Photo: Mona Jarrahi, associate professor of electrical engineering, was named a Moore Inventor Fellow Wednesday for her research on terahertz-based imaging. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin staff)