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January 23, 12:46 am

Student-run Wazo Connect offers personalized peer support as alternative to CAPS

A student organization aims to bridge the gap between the high demand for mental health services and the low supply of programs UCLA provides. UCLA students founded Wazo Connect about a year ago with the goal of bringing a more personalized and relaxed approach to mental health care to the campus. Read more...

Photo: Wazo Connect is a student-run organization that pairs students seeking mental health assistance with peer mentors who want to provide it. It aims to provide a more personalized and relaxed approach to mental health at UCLA. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)

National, News, UC

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January 23, 12:42 am

UC advises staff traveling in China against use of WeChat and WhatsApp

The University of California distributed a warning to staff in January advising against the use of communication platforms such as WeChat and WhatsApp for those traveling in China. Read more...

Photo: The UC sent a warning to staff advising against the use of communication platforms such as WeChat and WhatsApp for those traveling in China. However, the director of communications and marketing for UCEAP said the warning was not intended for students, given that the alert level has not increased. (Axel Lopez/Assistant Photo editor)

A Closer Look, News

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January 23, 12:38 am

Employees leave UCLA Extension amid administrative turmoil and loss of deans

About 75 employees left UCLA Extension amid administrative upheaval, despite UCLA cancelling an initial plan to lay off about one-quarter of UCLA Extension’s employees last year. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Extension planned to layoff 25 percent of its employees last year. Instead, almost a third of its employees quit and its upper administrators have been removed. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)

A Closer Look, Campus, News

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January 22, 12:42 am

Assistant professor of Italian wins prestigious publication award

When Andrea Moudarres developed his doctoral dissertation at Yale University, he did not expect that it would one day turn into an award-winning manuscript. Moudarres, an assistant professor of Italian at UCLA, was recently awarded the 21st annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies. Read more...

Photo: Andreas Moudarres, an assistant professor of Italian at UCLA, was recently awarded the 21st annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies. He received the award for his manuscript “The Enemy in Italian Renaissance Epic: Images of Hostility from Dante to Tasso.” (Edward Savaria, Jr., courtesy of the Modern Language Association)

News, Westwood

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January 21, 8:56 pm

Tree falls on Veteran and Levering due to heavy wind, damages cars

A tree fell near the corner of Veteran and Levering avenues Monday night. An LAPD officer said the tree fell at around 6:30 p.m. due to heavy wind and damaged a car parked nearby. Read more...

Photo: A tree that fell on the corner of Veteran and Levering avenues damaged two cars and prevented traffic from passing. (Grace Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)

News, Science & Health

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January 21, 1:41 pm

Harvard professor lectures at UCLA on implications of subconscious biases

A Harvard Professor said everyone has implicit biases they may not even realize at an event Saturday. Mahzarin Banaji, a professor and administrative chair at Harvard University, spoke at the California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA regarding how implicit biases affect the way society thinks and the implications it has on those that society is biased against. Read more...

Photo: Mahzarin Banaji, a professor and administrative chair at Harvard University, spoke at the California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA regarding how implicit biases affect the way society thinks and their implications. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)


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