Post updated Feb. 25 at 10:56 p.m. A little after 8 a.m. on Feb. 13, Andrew Greenberg was taking his Chemistry 14CL midterm when he, along with more than 200 other students taking the exam, heard a scream. Read more...
Photo: Andrew Greenberg (left) and Aakrsh Misra (right) look off into the distance as they stand in front of Young Hall. The two, who are both student EMTs, helped save a student who was having a seizure during their midterm exam. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 21 at 11:29 p.m. Being a first-year poses its own challenges, but for Ryan Neale, navigating them as an autistic student with ADHD left him feeling isolated and overwhelmed. Read more...
Photo: The Student Activities Center, which houses the Bruin Resource Center, is pictured. The Bruin Resource Center has collaborated with students to create the Bruin Neurodiversity Collective, a student organization created by neurodivergent students to advocate for and bring together the neurodivergent community at UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Asian Pacific American Health Collaboration, Access, Resource and Education hosted a fair Sunday to provide free mental and physical health screenings to underserved Asian Pacific Islander communities in Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Members of Asian Pacific American Health Collaboration, Access, Resource and Education pose with various Lunar New Year-themed decorations. The club hosted a health fair Sunday to provide mental and physical health screenings for underserved Asian Pacific Islanders in the San Gabriel Valley. (Courtesy of Jim Su)
This post was updated Feb. 15 at 9:59 p.m. When Aditya Grover learned he was on Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list, he wasn’t convinced. “There were two emails – one that came first, which went to my spam,” said Grover, an assistant professor of computer science. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, which houses the Department of Computer Science, is pictured. A current and an incoming UCLA computer science professor were both named as part of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in the science category. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Feb. 16 at 9:44 p.m. On her days off, UCLA psychologist Jocelyn Meza heads to markets in West Los Angeles with a stack of flyers advertising the free bilingual depression support group she leads. Read more...
Photo: The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is pictured. The institute’s Spanish-Speaking Psychosocial Clinic has been running since the ’70s and provides mental health care to Los Angeles’ Spanish-speaking community. (Daily Bruin file photo)
As thousands get into the Valentine’s Day spirit, volunteers are trying to make the holiday a little more special for the patients of the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. Read more...
Photo: Volunteers sit around a table cutting out shapes from paper and writing notes to assemble into Valentine’s Day kits. These kits will be distributed to patients at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and at a local convalescent home. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A nonprofit founded by a UCLA student was nominated as a finalist for the 2024 Westly Prize for Young Social Innovators. The Brain Exercise Initiative, founded by UCLA medical and Harvard law student Esin Gumustekin, focuses on helping older people avoid memory loss by using brain exercises, according to its website. Read more...
Photo: A volunteer from the Brain Exercise Initiative leads a group of older adults through an activity. The initiative, founded by a UCLA student, was nominated for the 2024 Westly Prize for Young Social Innovators. (Courtesy of Brain Exercise Initiative, Purdue Chapter)
