Students will soon be able to enter dining halls or purchase drinks from vending machines with just a tap – and not a swipe – of their BruinCards. Read more...
Photo: Shirley Lin, a second-year nursing student, swipes her card at one of the access stations on the Hill. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
An Academic Senate committee is offering two grants of $2,000 each for a student and a faculty member committed to promoting diversity on campus. To win the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award, students and faculty must be nominated by a faculty member, student, staff or administrator by Friday. Read more...
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for more information. Dr. Chia Soo turns on a video filled with the faces of injured war veterans. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers and graduate students Dr. Eric Chen (back left), Greg Asatrian (back right), Dr. Benjamin Wu, Dr. Chia Soo, Dr. Jin Hee Kwak and Dr. Kang Ting (front left to right), are studying the effects of osteoporosis in rodents to find a new way to help people suffering from the disease. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)
Researchers at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science recently developed an elastic, flexible and transparent lighting panel out of organic materials. Organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, run electricity through carbon-based, solid-state polymers to emit light. Read more...
The UCLA School of Law recently launched an initiative to support women in the school and alumnae as they work toward their career goals. The program, called UCLA Law Women LEAD, aims to connect students and encourage them to communicate with each other. Read more...
Tying the knot is coming sooner to some UCLA couples, despite a national trend in the opposite direction. The average age at first marriage for Americans has increased from about 23 to 29 years old for men and 20 to 27 years old for women since the 1950s, according to a U.S. Read more...
Photo: Isaac Cassar, a fourth-year bioengineering student, and Amelia Lowell, a fourth-year global studies student, will marry in July in Santa Cruz. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Muslim Student Association at UCLA held a peace and prayer vigil Thursday to mourn the fatal shooting of three Muslim students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read more...
Photo: Nabilah Abdelaal, a fourth-year biology student, Raman Kaur, a fifth-year biophysics student and Sabrina Dahak, a fourth-year human biology and society and Spanish student hold candles during the closing ceremony of the Chapel Hill vigil Thursday. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
