Catch up on the major news that happened while many UCLA community members were away this past summer. (Click graphic to enlarge.) Read more...
Campus, News
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September 22, 12:00 am
The Daily Bruin wraps up UC, UCLA summer news
News, Westwood
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September 22, 12:00 am
Big Blue Bus routes offer UCLA students transport around LA
News, Student Government
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September 22, 12:00 am
Q&A: UCLA Graduate Student Association president discusses agenda
Nicole Robinson is the president of the UCLA Graduate Student Association. Robinson recently talked with Daily Bruin Campus Editor Amanda Schallert about GSA initiatives for the upcoming school year, problems facing graduate students and funding for graduate programs and fellowships. Read more...
Campus, News
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September 22, 12:00 am
Veteran graduates 28 years after first enrolling
He started at UCLA 28 years ago as a teenager from a poor part of Los Angeles, a former gang member who had seen his friends fall to gunshots and knives while still in high school. Read more...
Photo: Jose Buktaw finished his final classes at UCLA to secure a better job to support his family of eight. He waited until midnight, when the house was quiet enough, to finish his homework.
News
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September 22, 12:00 am
UCLA RAs look forward to starting year in new dorms
Walking through the doors, wandering down the halls and sitting in the lounges of Dykstra Hall this fall will be at once a familiar and foreign experience for Resident Assistant Taimi Jacobson. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s new residential halls Sproul Cove and Sproul Landing are part of a $230 million university project aimed at ensuring students’ on-campus housing.
News, Science & Health
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September 22, 12:00 am
UCLA engineering club moves beyond theory with projects
It started with a marble setting off a mouse trap. Step by step, the contraption made out of a chair, cardboard, and a number of household objects unwound until it reached its goal – a paper cutout of a hand high-fiving one of the team members. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students formed the Avengineering Club in the spring after competing in a Rube Goldberg machine competition, hosted by the national engineering honor society at UCLA. The club’s members plan to create a variety of engineering projects such as 3D printers, miniature blimps and catapults.
Campus, News
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September 22, 12:00 am
New Bruin placed third in The Braille Challenge
She was 6 years old when she cracked the code. Janie Brunson picked up a book and could connect the raised patterns of dots through the touch of her fingertips. It finally clicked. Read more...
Photo: Janie Brunson, a first-year English student, is one of the few blind students entering UCLA this year. She recently placed third in The Braille Challenge.