Teagan Micah has played in every minute of every game since she came to UCLA. She didn’t even know it was a big deal. The Australian-native was UCLA women’s soccer’s first true freshman goalkeeper to start on opening day since Valerie Henderson in 2004, who now plays for the Western New York Flash. Micah was […]
Tag Archives: db-story-c1
Eco-friendly clothing company produces T-shirts from recycled plastic
Miranda Kim and Rebecca Kim picked their way through washed-up stingrays and bird corpses at their local beach in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, during a cleanup event in the summer. The birds had died from discarded plastic, which was lodged in their stomachs – an environmental issue that inspired the sisters to create more awareness […]
UCLA football bludgeoned by Arizona in 47-30 road loss
This article was updated Oct. 15 at 4:28 a.m. TUCSON, Ariz.—One quarterback was known for his passing, and the other for his running. The one who could run won. Arizona (4-2, 2-1 Pac-12) quarterback Khalil Tate didn’t quite repeat last week’s record-setting 327-yard performance, but the signal-caller gouged UCLA football (3-3, 1-2) for 230 yards on […]
Alumna creates company to develop nonhormonal endometriosis treatment
Tanya Petrossian is fighting against an overlooked epidemic that affects more than 10 percent of girls and women worldwide. Petrossian, who received her bachelor’s and doctorate degrees at UCLA, founded EndoCyclic Therapeutics in 2017 to develop the world’s first nonhormone therapeutic treatment for endometriosis, a chronic disease that Petrossian was diagnosed with in February. “I […]
Alumna draws attention to consequences of Western activism through show
Kristina Wong’s latest show features a scene where she throws brightly colored red hashtags at her audience members while encouraging them to throw them back. The act is meant to simulate hashtag activism, one of the many topics Wong, a UCLA alumna, critiques in her one-woman show “The Wong Street Journal.” “The Wong Street Journal” […]
UCLA club teaches beginning needlework, forms tight-knit community
Yoon Lee’s mother taught her how to knit in the sixth grade, using chopsticks as needles. The third-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student has been knitting ever since and started the i-KNIT-iative knitting club her first year at UCLA. At the club’s Monday night meeting, she joined approximately 15 other students at a round […]
UCLA students, faculty celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day in event
A tribal elder of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians burned sage in the air as the chair of the Los Angeles City and County Indian Commission gave a blessing to all those present at an Indigenous Peoples Day celebration Monday. The event, which was hosted by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center at […]