Through dancing and participating in the Holi festival on Saturday, Naeha Lakshmanan found UCLA ties to a familiar culture. The second-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student performed at Holi at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center on Saturday with the rest of her South Asian dance team. Read more...
Photo: (Felicia Ramirez)
The University of California will open its 2015-2016 admission application in August instead of October to give students more time to complete their application. On Friday, UC officials said they would open the application on Aug. Read more...
This year’s unusually contested graduate student government elections will end Monday at noon on MyUCLA. Two slates are running a total of six candidates in the Graduate Students Association elections. Read more...
For the first time at UCLA, environmental sustainability groups on campus, along with Melnitz Movies, are hosting a film festival throughout the week to inform and engage the community on environmental issues. Read more...
UCLA undergraduate student government leaders traveled to Washington, D.C., on Thursday night to attend a conference set up by the White House task force created to protect students from sexual assault. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate Students Association Council members Avi Oved (left) and Savannah Badalich attended a White House event on Friday on sexual assault resources. (Courtesy of Savannah Badalich)
Aspiring web producers and app developers exclaimed as they held their smartphones up to capture the impressive scene of having more than a thousand hackers gathered in one space to spend the next 36 hours innovating and developing new ideas together. Read more...
Photo: Fourteen-year-old Ankur Jain works on his project during LA Hacks. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA administrators are encouraging students to change their UCLA logon passwords in response to security concerns about a widespread software vulnerability that allows third parties to access students’ personal information. Read more...
