Karan Kajla said he loved indulging on dining hall food when he first moved to the Hill last year. But as he started gaining weight and feeling unhealthy, he wanted to make a change. To combat the “freshman 15,” the second-year computer science student designed a new web app called Fit Bruin with fellow student […]
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Restoration of UCLA’s “The Black Experience” mural to begin
Restoration of “The Black Experience,” a mural hidden behind a false wall in Ackerman Union for the past two decades, will begin on Friday.
ASUCLA Board of Directors meeting recap: Sept. 27
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The Associated Students UCLA provides student services and activities that the university does not fund and oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. STORE Computer […]
Health-themed dining hall to open on the Hill
Bruin Plate, the first health-themed dining hall on the Hill, is scheduled to open this fall in Sproul Presidio, a new building that will house the dining hall, a multipurpose room and a fitness center.
UCLA RAs look forward to starting year in new dorms
Walking through the doors, wandering down the halls and sitting in the lounges of Dykstra Hall this fall will be at once a familiar and foreign experience for Resident Assistant Taimi Jacobson. The fourth-year economics student will be returning to live in her first dorm at UCLA this year since its major renovations. The tattered […]
Executive director brings fresh approach to Resnick Program
A red vintage model of a tractor sits next to a foam orange fruit and an old-fashioned sign for tomatoes on the bookshelves in Michael Roberts’ office in the UCLA School of Law. “I think food has a really personal meaning for all of us,” said Roberts, sitting behind his desk, his food-themed paraphernalia spread […]
UCLA professor to stand trial for fatal lab fire
A Los Angeles Countyjudge recently ordered UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran to stand trial to face felony charges in connection with the death of a UCLA researcher in a 2008 laboratory fire.