This post was updated Jan. 27 at 12:16 a.m. As a lifelong basketball player, Mert Gulen said he always felt a deep connection to Kobe Bryant. Read more...
Photo: A man holds a poster of Kobe Bryant, a Los Angeles Lakers legend who died in a helicopter crash Sunday, at a memorial dedicated to Bryant at L.A. Live. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 27 at 12:23 a.m. There are now two confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus in Southern California. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed the first case of 2019 novel coronavirus in Los Angeles County, according to a LAC DPH press release published Sunday morning. Read more...
This post was updated Jan. 27 at 12:11 a.m. UCLA will phase out single-use plastics across all campus operations starting this summer, campus organizations announced Friday. Read more...
Photo: The California Public Interest Research Group and the UCLA office of sustainability announced Friday that UCLA will phase out single-use plastics across all campus operations starting July. CALPIRG is working to make the policy UC-wide. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Jan. 26 at 4:13 p.m. The governing board of the University of California met for its January meeting at UC San Francisco from Tuesday to Thursday. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents discussed a potential tuition increase, campus sustainability and the UC’s goals for the upcoming decade during its January meeting. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Read more...
In Alex Korb’s office hours, students talking about their mental health is typical. “Students will come to me in office hours to talk about their mental health problems, and they’ll preface it with, ‘Well, I’m not sure if this is what office hours are supposed to be about,’ and I’m always like, ‘Well, of course (it is),’” said Korb, who teaches Psychiatry 79: “Applied Positive Neuroscience: Skills for Improving Productivity and Wellbeing.” Another class, Community Health 179: “Life Skills for College Students,” and Korb’s class both aim to teach students skills they can use in their everyday lives in college. Read more...
Photo: (Jae Su/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 28 at 7:13 p.m. Westwood community members walked the neighborhood to count the number of people experiencing homelessness Wednesday night. The 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, an annual, countywide census of people experiencing homelessness, covers a total area of 4,000 square miles in three days. Read more...
Photo: The 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count is a county-wide census of people experiencing homelessness that occurred over 3 days. Westwood community members partook in the census Wednesday night. (Daily Bruin file photo)
