Poet Wanda Coleman’s papers will now be publicly available at the UCLA Library Special Collections. The Charles E. Young Research Library held a reception for the collection Thursday, featuring writers such as Tisa Bryant, Harryette Mullen and Austin Straus, Coleman’s husband. Coleman wrote short stories, novels, nonfiction plays and scripts for film and television. She […]
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Photo: Dogs and volunteers treat Mattel Children’s Hospital patients to candy
Therapy dogs dressed in Halloween costumes visited patients at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA on Thursday. This event was organized by the UCLA People-Animal Connection, the hospital’s animal-assisted therapy program. From 10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., 10 human and canine volunteer teams went around the hospital delivering treats to the children and taking photos with them. […]
UCLA Secrets provides outlet to anguished, but can have negative effects
UCLA students can anonymously share their darkest secrets online with the touch of a button. On the UCLA Secrets Facebook page, students submit posts about their beliefs, experiences with anxiety and even posts to find their crush on campus. The page has more than 14,000 likes on Facebook and receives about 100 submissions per week. […]
Student group raises money for hurricane victims in Haiti
Students dipped their hands into paint and pressed onto a white wooden board, creating an array of rainbow-colored handprints. The “Solidarity Wall,” aimed to draw attention to the UCLA Students for Haiti Solidarity, a club founded in 2015, and its efforts to help victims of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti. Meghan McDermott, co-founder of the club […]
New outdoor space near Powell, Humanities powers up student studying
UCLA officials finished constructing the first outdoor study space between Powell Library and the Humanities Building early last week. The Office of Instructional Development and UCLA Facilities Management collaborated to install several study benches with power outlets in the space during spring quarter, and completed the project this fall. “A lot of other campuses provide […]
Student draws from personal experience to advocate for Bruins with children
Zehra Abbas spent her second year at UCLA hiding her belly after she found out she was pregnant. “I hid my pregnancy with jackets because I was under the impression that there was something wrong with me,” Abbas said. Abbas’ family worried she wouldn’t be able to manage motherhood and her education at the same […]
UNA competition prompts students to create solution for refugee crisis
Students came up with solutions to solve the Syrian refugee crisis in a competition over the last two weeks. The United Nations Association at UCLA asked students to come up with solutions to the Syrian refugee crisis in its first-ever GenUN Case Competition. UNA at UCLA will submit the winning team’s solution to the United […]