UCLA professor studies infants’ brains for autism research

Rates of autism are on the rise, with 1 in 50 American children being diagnosed as affected by the disorder. Dr. Susan Bookheimer, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the David Geffen School of Medicine and recipient of an Autism Centers of Excellence Center Grant, is scanning the brains of […]

UCLA a cappella groups discuss genre’s popularity

You might not expect such obedient silence at the sound of an A-flat note, but for the UCLA Scattertones, one of eleven student a cappella groups on campus and one of two UCLA groups heading to the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella west competition on Saturday, it’s a signal. Members of both Scattertones and […]

Women’s basketball’s pending graduates discuss Senior Night

This Sunday is Senior Night for the UCLA women’s basketball team, a night when graduating seniors participate in their final home game as Bruins. Graduating players Thea Lemberger and Atonye Nyingifa share what Senior Night means to them and what they’ve learned from their time on the team.

Paws, Play, Rewind! – Episode 6: Netflix and Secrets

Paws, Play, Rewind! is back for episode six to discuss the latest and greatest in pop culture and campus happenings with the always-entertaining minds at Daily Bruin A&E. This week’s hosts, Daily Bruin senior staffer Emily Chu and assistant radio editor Stephen Phan, talk over what they have been following this past week, from Ellen Page’s greatest […]

UCLA artists explain passion behind ‘Don Giovanni’ opera

Opera UCLA brings Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s classic “Don Giovanni” to UCLA’s Freud Playhouse this Friday and Sunday. Daily Bruin reporter Emma Oeland details the performers’ experience in preparing for the musical work and how relevant it is in today’s art world with Juliana Gondek, a professor of voice and opera studies […]

Shakespeare Company at UCLA delivers sweet suggar’d sonnets

This Valentine’s Day The Shakespeare Company at UCLA takes the bard’s words of love directly to your loved one. Daily Bruin Radio speaks with members of the group about the unique holiday event and indulges in a performance of one of the bard’s most famous sonnets: sonnet 18. UCLA English Professor Stephen Dickey gives us […]