Friday, May 22

Incoming text from Sproul: Your laundry is ready

Newly opened residential buildings Sproul Cove and Sproul Landing will house laundry machines that text students’ cell phones after finishing a wash or dry cycle. Clarissa Chan, a first-year physical sciences student, said she thinks the new laundry machines will allow students to participate in other activities while doing laundry. Read more...


UCLA team invents microscope attachment for cell phones

Between calling, texting and updating social media, people will soon be able to use their cell phones as a microscope powerful enough to detect viruses. Read more...

Photo: Aydogan Ozcan, a professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering, helped create a microscope that can be attached to a cell phone to take images of single viruses.


7,000 in Solidarity will educate students about sexual assault

Savannah Badalich handed out pledge cards and spoke to students about sexual assault at UCLA at Monday’s Enormous Activities Fair. For Badalich, however, this issue is more than just a campaign. Read more...

Photo: Savannah Badalich, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Student Wellness commissioner, talks about a sexual assault education, advocacy and research campaign called 7,000 in Solidarity.




Westwood BID board approves executive salary increases

The board of the Westwood Business Improvement District, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the area on behalf of local business owners, voted last Thursday to raise the salaries of two its executive staffers, a move that angered some Westwood residents. Read more...

Photo: Andrew Thomas, the executive director of the Westwood Business Improvement District, said his salary increace will not affect local projects.