Around 60 students attended a screening of “The Swimmers” with the movie’s subject and Olympian Yusra Mardini on Nov. 15.
UCLA’s Southwest Asian/North African Health Alliance, Students Organize for Syria and the Syrian American Medical Society hosted the event, which included the opportunity to ask Mardini questions, in Moore Hall.

A prominent UCLA ecologist on involuntary leave filed a lawsuit against the University earlier this month, alleging wrongful suspension, harassment and racial discrimination.
Ecology and evolutionary biology professor Priyanga Amarasekare joined UCLA in 2005, but she was suspended in July 2022 for a year with no pay by then-Chancellor Gene Block.

The growing popularity of arts and crafts allows Bruins to reap the activities’ financial and emotional benefits.
Over half of the United States adult population participate in arts and crafts – from traditional mediums such as drawing, pottery and knitting to modern practices like digital art and game design – according to a 2022 National Endowment for the Arts survey.

Carson Schwesinger doesn’t just stall his opponents or the clock.
The redshirt junior linebacker stops them.
Fueled by a cocktail of calculation and instinct, he takes the ball carrier down by any means possible – even if it means finding the pocket or grasping for a limb.