(Ingrid Leng/Daily Bruin Staff)
Forget spiders, snakes or heights – for some, public speaking is the most frightening thing of all.
Founded this fall, Speech Team @UCLA provides UCLA students with the opportunity to strengthen their speaking skills, said Ernesto Perez, a team membership co-president of Speech Club.
Melanin and Medicine began in 2019 as a way for Black students at UCLA pursuing health care careers to support each other.
But the club quickly expanded its mission – evolving into a nonprofit organization with the mission of supporting Black pre-health students and the greater Los Angeles community, said Laila Harris, the group’s chair of cardiology and assistant project service director.
Students and researchers gathered at the Terasaki Life Sciences Building to attend a wild animal welfare science seminar March 7.
Researchers presented animal welfare case studies, challenges in measuring welfare and future directions for the field at the event.
Kaylee Johnson is open about her father’s far-right radicalization.
Johnson was featured in the documentary “Dear Kelly,” released Jan. 15 and directed by Andrew Callaghan – an independent journalist and creator of “Channel 5” on YouTube.
A UCLA Fiat Lux seminar examines how misinformation takes root in media, conspiracy theories and public distrust in health care.
“The Anatomy of Deception,” offered during winter quarter, examines misinformation in media, conspiracy theories and distrust in health care.
President Donald Trump nominated Nicholas Kent as undersecretary of education, where, if approved by the Senate, he will oversee federal policies impacting colleges and universities.
William Purdy, a professor of education and information studies at UCLA, said Kent’s nomination signals a shift from the Trump administration’s previous approach to education, with the new administration focusing increasingly on university settings.
UC Artificial Intelligence Council launched a systemwide platform Feb. 3 to share AI-related news, guidelines and projects.
The site contains trainings, guides, ethical standards and information about AI research conducted across the UC.
Although she never got to meet her Grandma Eileen, Meileen Taw keeps her memory alive by cooking ohn no khao swe.
Now in college, she honored her grandmother by sharing the Burmese chicken coconut noodle soup with the UCLA community.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Daily Bruin received 13 awards at the Associated Collegiate Press Spring National College Media Conference, which took place Thursday through Saturday.
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