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Football scouting report: Arizona

This time last year, UCLA (2-2, 0-1, Pac-12) and Arizona were featured on College Game Day. Both teams were undefeated and ranked No. 9 and No. 16 respectively. Now they’re struggling to string together wins over quality opponents. Both the Bruins and the Wildcats are looking for their first Pac-12 win after dropping close home […]

UCLA zooms towards carbon neutrality with new electric buses

UCLA officials unveiled two new electric BruinBuses at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Dickson Court on Tuesday. UCLA’s fleet now consists of 14 compressed natural gas buses and two new electric buses, which replaced UCLA’s last diesel-run buses, said Renee Fortier, executive director of UCLA Events and Transportation. [Related: UCLA celebrates 30 years of sustainable […]

UCLA interior designer transforms into prop master for musical ‘Oktoberfest’

Actors in bright Bavarian dress danced across the stage, lightly stepping on and off three durable, brown wooden barrels. Jeanne Schniedewind inhaled sharply when the actors tossed two of her handcrafted kegs back and forth, thinking of the time and effort it would take to fix them if they broke. But the barrels, along with […]

The immersive experience of an independent study abroad program

When Olivia Draper stepped off the plane in Thailand this summer, she barely spoke a word of Thai. Instead of studying abroad with a university program, Draper traveled on her own to Thailand, where she spent eight weeks working in a restaurant while learning Thai, and another five days living as a nun in a […]

Triathlete overcomes hurdles after car accident, focuses on positivity

Nako Nakatsuka is training for her 11th triathlon since she was hit by a car two and a half years ago, which left her with a concussion, back bruises and permanent tissue damage on her gluteus. Nakatsuka, a graduate student in chemistry and member of the UCLA Triathlon Team, was involved in the accident in […]

Microprobes expose mysteries of the solar system, origin of life

In 2006, a NASA-owned rocket landed on Earth after a seven-year journey beyond the orbit of Mars. The rocket flew through the tail of a comet, collecting thousands of dust particles for NASA’s Stardust mission. After the Stardust landed, the UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences requested particles from the mission to study […]