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Oct. 27, 2026 10:30 p.m.
Julia Awad, the LENS journal’s editor-in-chief and a fourth-year English student, holds a copy of LENS. She said the journal’s mission is to advocate for storytelling as a way to understand the present, past and future of the environment. (Charlie Hamilton/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA students launched a new publication Monday that aims to raise awareness about environmental issues through storytelling.
Written, edited and peer-reviewed entirely by undergraduate students, LENS: The Journal of Environmental Narratives allows students to display their creative and scholarly environmental work at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
By Darren Tran
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Oct. 27, 2026 10:22 p.m.UCLA announced this month that it will expand the number and operating hours of essential health vending machines on campus.
The Be Well Bruin Express – launched by UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center and UCLA’s Health Education and Resource Team in partnership with UCLA Vending Services – is stocked with a variety of health-related products and operates 24 hours a day outside the Ashe Center.
By Keira Perkin and Charlie Hamilton
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Oct. 26, 2026 12:18 a.m.UCLA Library’s Data Science Center closed amid consolidation effort
UCLA Library dissolved its data consultation center and stopped offering data analysis services in August.
The university consolidated the Data Science Center into UCLA Library’s research services unit as part of a broader effort to restructure the department, a UCLA Library spokesperson said in an emailed statement.
By Ella Thomson
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Oct. 20, 2026 10:34 p.m.$950, not $100,000: Sigma Nu has overreported its fundraising since 2023
UCLA’s Sigma Nu chapter told the university from 2023-26 that it had fundraised at least $100,000 each year – the highest amount reported among all Greek life chapters.
By Nury Salazar-Ibanez
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Oct. 20, 2026 4:31 p.m.Gallery celebrates Filipino, Latino culture with art, music and film
This post was updated Oct. 20 at 10:55 p.m.
Students celebrated Filipino and Latino culture at an art gallery in Kerckhoff Hall on Oct. 14.
The Filipinx/Latinx Art Gallery was hosted in partnership between three Cultural Affairs Commission programs – The Word on Wednesday, WorldFest and Art Series – and Empowering Latines Against Struggle, a student-run cultural organization.
By Sashi Atkinson Osorio
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Oct. 15, 2026 9:09 p.m.ClassSwap platform hopes to solve enrollment woes, help students graduate on time
This post was updated Oct. 15 at 9:45 p.m.
A new platform is aiming to help UCLA students swap enrollment stress for smoother schedules.
Joseph Borna, a fifth-year history student, created ClassSwap over the summer to connect students looking to exchange classes and allow users to share course recommendations and feedback.
By Nury Salazar-Ibanez
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Oct. 13, 2026 6:13 p.m.‘Very overdue’: Psychology department to launch youth behavioral health minor
This post was updated Oct. 13 at 10:19 p.m.
The UCLA psychology department will launch a new youth behavioral health minor this winter and will welcome a cohort of more than 100 students.
By Zachery Chagoya
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