Friday, May 15

Anderson student creates ‘glitter bomb’ website startup

Ben Follansbee spent the last three weeks stuffing glitter into envelopes and sending them to hundreds of people across the country. Follansbee, a master’s of business administration student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is the founder of SparkleSlap.com, a startup website that supplies customers with glitter bombs that are sent to unsuspecting recipients. Read more...

Photo: Ben Follansbee, a student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, releases one of the “glitter bombs” that his startup company, SparkleSlap.com, sends to unsuspecting recipients. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA Unseen: Game Lab at Broad Art Center

Daily Bruin Video introduces UCLA Unseen, a new weekly series exploring lesser-known places on campus. This first video centers around the UCLA Game Lab, located on the third floor in the Broad Art Center. Read more...

Photo: (Justine Sto. Tomas/Daily Bruin)


UCLA economics professor George Murphy dies at age 90

George Murphy, a longtime UCLA economics professor with a passion for singing, died Jan. 2 of natural causes and health complications due to diabetes. He was 90. Read more...

Photo: George Murphy, a UCLA economics professor, died Jan. 2 of natural causes. His colleagues and family remember him as a creative storyteller, lover of sailing and kind grandfather. (Courtesy of Holly Van Husen)


UCLA-led Dawn mission to explore possibility of water on asteriod

The spacecraft Dawn is finally reaching the end of its four-year journey toward the dwarf planet Ceres as part of a NASA project led by UCLA researchers. Read more...

Photo: The spacecraft Dawn is finally reaching the end of its four-year journey toward the dwarf planet Ceres as part of a NASA project led by UCLA researchers to investigate the formation of the solar system. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)


Decrease in state funding leads to higher student debt

Ahrav Dutta’s schedule for the most recent summer followed: graveyard shift at Jack-in-the-Box until 6 a.m. Classes. Work before and after classes. Gym. Work. Study. In the school year, Dutta works seven days a week, splitting his 52-hour work week between his three jobs. Read more...



Hedrick dining hall to reopen as new 24-hour study space

Hedrick dining hall is set to reopen as the Hill’s first 24-hour eatery and study space in fall 2016, according to recently approved plans by UCLA Housing officials. Read more...

Photo: Hedrick Study will be the Hill’s first 24-hour eatery and study space, and will look more like a coffee shop and study lounge than a traditional cafeteria, according to UCLA housing plans. (UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services)