September 23, 2010 – The UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center teaches the art of mindfulness and what it can do for well-being. Its instructional classes teach the public how they too can tap into the power of living in the present. [4:00]
Category Archives: Podcasts
Bruin Health Improvement Program keeps UCLA faculty and staff active
September 20, 2010 – For the past several months, UCLA faculty and staff have been going to the John Wooden Center for the Bruin Health Improvement Program. BHIP is designed to help faculty and staff improve overall health. The program is phasing out its first year, teaching participants to do the exercises on their own as the program’s session gradually comes to an end. [3:05]
UCLA alum Richard Best's past success in sustainable architecture influences plans for the future
September 20, 2010 – Richard Best received a master of architecture degree from UCLA in 1982 after studying under the world-renowned architect Charles Moore. Since his time at UCLA, he’s been engaged in many sustainable architectural projects and has even been a contestant on a reality TV show. And his plans for the future are even more ambitious. [4:36]
Ball kids support big-name tennis players in Farmers Classic
Aug. 2, 2010 “”mdash; The Farmers Classic, the tennis tournament held at UCLA since 1984, features the biggest names in tennis. Six ball kids rotate to support the players by running after loose tennis balls. Their simple task is complicated, because despite their prominent positions on the court, ball kids want to be perceived as invisible, neither seen nor heard. [3:43]
Bruins catch World Cup fever in Ackerman
July 12, 2010 – The Cooperage in Ackerman Union, home to the likes of Carl’s, Jr., Taco Bell, and Jamba Juice, has also been playing host to the crowds of students hovering around its TV to watch this years FIFA World Cup games. Fans weigh in on the final game between Spain and the Netherlands. [4:01]
Matt Logue creates a metropolis without traffic or people in 'Empty L.A.
June 28, 2010 – After getting back from assignment in New Zealand, special effects artist Matt Logue felt overwhelmed when he returned to the drudgery of Los Angeles traffic. So he decided to do something about it: erase the traffic. In a four-year project, Logue took pictures of both famous and unknown parts of LA and painstakingly removed every person and moving car. When he was done, he had an “Empty L.A.,” the title of the book he released last fall. Logue spoke with Daily Bruin Radio about the process. [5:08]
Fowler Museum exhibit 'Document: Iranian-Americans in L.A.' archives lives of second-generation members of community
June 21, 2010 – Documentation can take many forms. It can be a blog entry, an article on the front page of a newspaper, a radio story like this one “¦ or pictures like the ones displayed in the Fowler Museum’s newest exhibition, “Document: Iranian-Americans in L.A”. [2:54]