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Campus Queries: What drives us to eat for pleasure?
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Why do we eat for pleasure, instead of for necessity? A: A recent UCLA study suggests the answer lies with the microorganisms that populate the human gut. The study, an interdisciplinary collaboration […]
Rebrand of Career Peers program focuses on making networking more accessible
Students in the UCLA Career Center hosted new events to inform their peers about internship and job opportunities. The UCLA Career Peers program, which launched last year, works under the Career Center to inform students about internship and job opportunities. The program is a combination of two pre-existing student groups: the Peer Advisors, which provided […]
New automatic online voter registration system introduced at UCLA
UCLA is one of the first universities in the nation to offer automatic and completely online voter registration to its students. MyUCLA will autofill a California voter registration form with each eligible student’s name and information and send it to the California Secretary of State’s office beginning in fall quarter. Students will be prompted to […]
Editorial: UCLA is swapping public transportation for unsustainable ride-hailing services
UCLA had a message for public transit this summer: not here you don’t. Public transportation users haven’t had it easy in Westwood. The sparse number of bus stops in the North Village and the limited reach of lines running from Westwood into the city make for an unflattering game of transit hopscotch for commuter Bruins. […]
UCLA leadership reflects on safety measures two years after shooting
Justin Gelzhiser stood by the door of a lecture hall with a box cutter and fire extinguisher for several hours, preparing to defend his class from an active shooter. Gelzhiser, a Ph.D. candidate in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, was on his way to proctor an undergraduate final exam when his […]
Harrowing experiences, potential resources feature in academic dishonesty cases
UCLA’s Office of Student Conduct deals with cases of student cheating. It can provide support for students who are under an immense amount of pressure to succeed but can also cause weeks of stress for students awaiting the office’s verdict. After Divya Sharma was accused of plagiarism, he said he lived in a constant state […]