Objects that have never left Kenya before are now traveling America. “World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean” is an exhibition opening Sunday and on display until Feb. 10 at the Fowler Museum. It brings together art and artifacts from East Africa, exploring ideas of location and trade through cultural connectivity, said […]
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MFA student exhibition merges STEM, art to explore consciousness through senses
“Convolution” explores consciousness through light, sound and the scent of a kombucha scoby. Hosted by UCLA Design Media Arts, the “Convolution” exhibition will feature the works of 11 2019 MFA candidates at the New Wight Gallery in UCLA’s Broad Art Center. The fall preview show, a precursor to the spring thesis show, bridges the gap […]
Campus Queries: How did dogs become domesticated?
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Where did dogs come from? A: If dogs seem preternaturally suited to humans, that’s because they are. Dogs emerged as a different subspecies from gray wolves about 20 to 30 thousand years […]
Dribble for the Cure: Bouncing one step closer to a cure for pediatric cancer
UCLA, along with the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation and the Cancer Research Program at the Mattel Children’s Hospital, held its 11th annual Dribble for the Cure on Sunday. John Vallely, a former UCLA men’s basketball player under coach John Wooden, started the event in 2008. This year’s Dribble was also a celebration of what would […]
Former UCLA basketball player leads 11th annual Dribble For The Cure
John Vallely and his wife held their daughter in their arms. After fighting for two and a half years, Erin died of cancer at the age of 12. Vallely – a former UCLA men’s basketball player – established Dribble for the Cure at UCLA in 2008 as a way to combine his love for the […]
Tai chi instructor teaches health benefits of the martial art to students, faculty
This post was updated Oct. 11 at 6:23 p.m. Peter Asco said he hasn’t caught a cold in 20 years. Asco credits his resilient health to the practice of tai chi, which not only has the ability to reinforce the immune system, but also offers a plethora of other physical and mental health benefits, such […]
Alum plants Veggie Grill at UCLA to bring healthier fast food to students
T.K. Pillan was on the hunt for convenient plant-based food when he came up with the idea for Veggie Grill. The UCLA alumnus co-founded the entirely plant-based restaurant in 2006, when films about unhealthy foods such as “Fast Food Nation” and “Super Size Me” started to grow in popularity, Pillan said. Combined with a statistic […]