UCLA community service group Circle K hosted its annual Pillow Fight Sunday to fundraise for the Alexandria House, a transitional home for women and children. Located in downtown Los Angeles, the House provides a variety of services for homeless women and survivors of domestic violence and aims to help them secure stable and independent lives. Watch as residents share their stories and join together with students for an afternoon of pillow fighting for a cause.
“You walk in, you sit down, you’re blindfolded and then this audio track takes you through the story … with scents,” said Saskia Wilson-Brown, founder of The Institute for Art and Olfaction, about “A Trip to Japan in Sixteen Minutes, Revisited.” The scent concert, held at the Hammer Museum from today to Sunday, takes its audiences on a sensory journey through Japan. More »
“Every subject matter you’re working on should look at the context of the time and many of these books reflect this,” says Design | Media Arts department chair and book designer Willem Henri Lucas about his work. More »
“One reason that people in college grow and change so much is that they have relationships,” says UCLA psychology professor Benjamin Karney. Professors Karney and Thomas Bradbury provide insight into the psychology of romantic relationships in college and the reasons why third-year neuroscience student Esther Lee and fourth-year sociology student Lori McCallum can maintain their relationships with their fiancés in college. More »
“Truth is, I can remember things that I sold 30 to 40 years ago better than I can remember people I met 30 to 40 years ago,” remarks Izzy Chait, owner and operator of I.M. More »
“I’ve been blessed with a platform and in that platform I’ve been able to spread awareness,” said redshirt sophomore UCLA quarterback, Brett Hundley, during the Walk to End Epilepsy at the Rose Bowl on November 17, 2013. More »
“We are one people, we are one community and we will stand up for our rights,” said Thea Sircar, a UCLA political science doctoral candidate and teacher’s assistant, during a speech to a cheering crowd of AFSCME strikers and supporting UAW union members. More »