Catherine Zhang confided in an openly gay student she had just met during a fraternity party her freshman year that she was bisexual. Her new friend responded by hugging her and inviting her to go to a gay club with him in the future. Zhang, a second-year psychobiology student, said it was the first time […]
Author Archives: Maddie Ostergaard
Professor derives art from high-order math, leaves department for music
Michael Andrews has taught math at UCLA for three years but is leaving this year to pursue his passion for art. To celebrate his career change, Andrews, an assistant adjunct professor in the mathematics department, analyzed heavy metal and showed his own audiovisual art at a talk Thursday. About 200 people attended the talk, which […]
UCLA alumnus starts hat company with brother for cancer patients
Shaun Veran’s little brother, Keane Veran, began to wear hats after his hair fell out during treatment for leukemia. However, Keane Veran was worried that the caps he wore would cause infection because of his weakened immune system, and could not find a hat that was either machine washable or antibacterial. Shaun and Keane Veran […]
Alum receives scholarship for project supporting Ethiopian communities
Rawan Galaidos came up with the idea to sell streetwear to fund malaria prevention and education in Ethiopia when she learned that humans are intrinsically communal in a UCLA sociology lecture. “I thought to myself that if humans are innately good and willing to work together, all that’s needed is a way to act,” she […]
Students voice opinions on administration’s response to Skirball fire
Ky’Tavia Stafford-Carreker asked her professor Wednesday if she could miss class because the poor air quality from the Skirball fire worsened her seasonal allergies and sinus infection. However, her professor asked her to show proof of her respiratory issues. “It was putting us in danger,” she said. “We have to choose our lungs over our […]
YRL librarian dies at 44, remembered for kindness, inquisitiveness
Oliver Mattheussens, a UCLA library assistant at the Charles E. Young Research Library, was an expert on European cultures and languages. Mattheussens, who worked in YRL since 2006, died of brain cancer at the age of 44 last week. He developed glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer, less than a year ago, said […]
Professor speaks about improving lives of indigenous women at UCLA event
An anthropology researcher said at an event Thursday she hopes to improve the lives of indigenous women across the Americas by highlighting their stories. Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo, a professor at a research center in Mexico City, talked about her findings from researching incarcerated indigenous women at a talk hosted by the UCLA American Indian […]