This article was updated May 1 at 10:05 p.m. Experts said stimulating certain regions of the brain can make an individual more generous at an event Tuesday night. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative invited Manal Aboelata, managing director at Prevention Institute, and Marco Iacoboni, professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and director of a neurology lab at UCLA, to speak about the significance of altruism. (Isa Saalabi/Daily Bruin)
Justin Balthrop was first introduced to the idea of electric scooters that could be accessed anytime and anywhere when his friend brought two scooters as they met for drinks in Santa Monica. Read more...
Photo: Justin Balthrop, the chief technology officer of Bird Rides Inc., spoke at an event hosted by DevX. (Edward Qiao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA students and faculty said they think a new initiative that guarantees certain California community college students admission into the University of California would provide more opportunities for California students to attend UCs. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano and California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley signed an agreement for a proposal to extend the Transfer Admission Guarantee program for qualifying California community college students. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a candidate Tuesday night. Delia Xing, a candidate running for general representative, was sanctioned for not submitting receipts or proofs of purchase on reported expenditures. Read more...
Universities in the United States tend to conduct their off-campus recruiting visits at primarily white and affluent high schools, according to research published April 13. Researchers from UCLA and the University of Arizona published their study, “The Off-Campus Recruiting Research Project,” on college recruiting and the demographics of the high schools recruiters choose to visit in The New York Times. Read more...
A recent UCLA Army officer training program ran a drill depicting the enemy wearing civilian clothes from Arab countries, which some UCLA students and professors said demonizes Arab and Islamic identities. Read more...
Photo: Cadets acting as enemy soldiers during simulations in UCLA Army ROTC’s biannual field training were seen wearing kufiyyas, iqals and other clothing predominantly found in Arab countries. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
