This post was updated July 24 at 8:43 p.m. A UCLA doctoral student was awarded a three-year fellowship from NASA in May to study the migratory movements of disease-carrying birds. Read more...
Photo: Ben Tonelli, a doctoral student in ecology and evolutionary biology, was awarded a three-year fellowship through the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology program. (Courtesy of Ben Tonelli. Photo illustration by Isabella Lee/Illustrations director)
This post was updated July 24 at 8:36 p.m. When Leon Sit noticed the incumbent assembly member for his district was running unopposed, he saw an opportunity to provide voters with another choice on the ballot. Read more...
Photo: Leon Sit (pictured), a rising second-year materials engineering student, is running to represent California State Assembly District 59 in the 2022 general election. (Courtesy of Leon Sit)
This post was updated July 24 at 8:33 p.m. The University of California Board of Regents appointed UCLA doctoral student Merhawi Tesfai as the 2023-2024 student regent Wednesday. Tesfai, a first-generation transfer doctoral student in social welfare, will be the 49th student regent and will have official voting privileges starting July 2023, according to a UC press release. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Jamie Hall)
This post was updated July 17 at 11:15 p.m. After a decade of planning, the world’s largest wildlife crossing broke ground in Los Angeles. Supported by a grant from Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation, the crossing will be a habitat incorporated overpass allowing wildlife to cross 10 lanes of freeway on U.S. Read more...
Photo: Tara Desai/Daily Bruin
This post was updated July 17 at 11:20 p.m. The University of California joined a science equity and diversity program in May, making the UC the first university system to participate in the program, according to a press release from the UC Office of the President. Read more...
Photo: (Ashley Shue-Lih Ko/Daily Bruin)
UCPD recorded 227 unique entries in its July 1 to 14 daily crime log. Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Benjamin Apsley, city and crime editor. Read more...
This post was updated July 17 at 11:23 p.m. Bruins and Westwood residents came together on Broxton Avenue on July 7 for UCLA’s monthly First Thursdays event. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students and community members sit outside at this month’s First Thursdays event. UCLA and the Westwood Village Improvement Association co-hosted the monthly event on July 7. Attendees experienced a screening of Disney’s “Soul” and a live Bruin jazz ensemble performance. (August Suchecki/Daily Bruin)
