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Why UCLA’s Okanagan Charter Adoption & Cultivating a Community of Care Matters

A Peer Health Educators’ Perspective: Why UCLA’s Okanagan…
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How UCLA’s Landscape Plan Affects Your Health

How UCLA’s Landscape Plan Affects Your Health UCLA's vibrant…
Pay It Forward: Advocating for a Subway Station at UCLA

Pay It Forward: Advocating for a Subway Station at UCLA

Pay It Forward: Advocating for a Subway Station at UCLA As students…
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Changes to Our Public Space

Even with all the uncertainties in the world right now, we know…
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A Closer Look on Utility Box Art

More and more utility boxes are being transformed into colorful…
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Refresher on the Botanical Garden

There are so many resources on the UCLA campus, but the Mildred…
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Bike Recycling Day 2019

If you’ve ever wanted a bike, here’s a chance you can get…
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BEWell Policy Corner: Street Vending in LA

From fresh fruit, tacos, and even Tupperware, all kinds of items…
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What’s Neat About Open Streets?

Between the honks, screeching brakes, and sea of headlights,…
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How to get involved in creating healthier neighborhoods

A transformation is underway in Los Angeles. People are lifting…
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How Can the Built Environment at UCLA Better Support Breastfeeding Women?

Now in its third project year, Creating Space, a graduate student…
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Reclaiming Our Healthy Spaces @ North Court of Sciences

What is your favorite place at UCLA? Some people love Bruin Plaza,…
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Transportation Do’s and Don’ts

There are more ways than ever to get around campus and the city…
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Combating Veterans Issues through Gardening

Encompassing 14 acres behind Jackie Robinson Stadium on the West…
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Try Some Green Space for Your Finals Week Blues

Happy Almost Finals Week Bruins! The end of the quarter can be…
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In Review: The Bruin BikeShare Program

Imagine you’re still on the hill and late for class. You need…
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Five Reasons Why Green Spaces are Awesome

Recently at our annual Celebration, the Healthy Campus Initiative…
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Do Scramble Crosswalks Really Save Lives?

One of the City of Los Angeles’ ongoing efforts is VisionZero…
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The Built Environment of Studying

As finals week approaches, you may find yourself feeling overwhelmed…
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How tomorrow’s election could affect your built-environment

Bruins, are you aware that there is an election tomorrow? It…
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New Year, New Lifestyle: Ride Public Transit

It’s almost end of January. How are you doing on your New Year’s…
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Community Mother and Graduate Student Led Project, Creating Spaces Paves Way for Lactation Support

In September of 2014, new mom LeighAnna returned from summer…
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Ways to conserve water in your apartment

  As all California residents should know by now, the…
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Eco-friendly Holiday Gift Ideas

  With the holidays fast approaching, many of us are…
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How Sidewalks Can Dis/Able Us

Whether you are walking to class, going to the gym, or getting…
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The Era of Vaping

Written by Joyce Lan The Transition from Smoking to Vaping…
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UCLA To Experience a New Level of Bikeability

By Jimmy Tran, UCLA Transportation Bike and Pedestrian Planner Short…
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Far From The Tree: A Book that Will Expand Your Understanding of Disability

  As a person with disability and a student pursuing a…
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Loud Yet Easily Overlooked: Noise Pollution in Dorms and Apartments

  It was about 11 PM, and, after a long day of moving in,…
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Bruin Steps: Introducing UCLA HCI’s Sidewalk Series

Whether we may be aware of it or not, our daily surroundings…
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Beyond the Disability Awareness Month

Perhaps some of you already know that October is National Disability…
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UCLA State of the Commute 2018

UCLA Transportation produces an annual State of the Commute report…
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UCLA Is Now Home to LA’s First and Only Bike Counter

By Mike King, UCLA Transportation UCLA student, staff and…
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Blue + Gold = Green… Why I am proud to be a Bruin!

Did you know that UCLA was just rated one of the top green…
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10 things you probably didn’t know about bicycling at UCLA

1. There are seven miles of bike route on campus. 2. There’s…