Saturday, February 7

New seminar features voices in politics to highlight AAPI identities, advocacy

This post was updated Aug 21. at 8:42 p.m.  A new undergraduate seminar highlighting Asian American and Pacific Islander politics and policy advocacy will allow UCLA students to put theory into practice this fall. Read more...

Photo: Three people stand at a podium, one holding a sign, as others gather in the background. UCLA is introducing a new seminar for undergraduate students centered on turning theory into policy for the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. (Isabella Lee/Illustrations director)


UCLA alumni call for awareness, aid for Tigrayans in Ethiopia

This post was updated August 19 at 10:34 p.m. Feven Girmay has not heard from her grandmother in over 10 months. Girmay, a political science alumnus of UCLA, has family living in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia. Read more...

Photo: Tigray (pictured) on a map. UCLA alumni are calling for aid and relief in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA on track to offer medical abortions on campus starting in 2023

This post was updated August 7 at 11:01 p.m. The University of California and California State University will now provide medical abortions on campus. California Senate Bill 24 – passed in 2019 by the state legislature – requires every UC and CSU student health center to offer medical abortion services by Jan. Read more...

Photo: Medication sits on a table. A 2019 state law requires student health centers at California State University and University of California campuses to offer abortion services. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)


New university apartments to open in fall, accommodate 2,300 students

This post was updated August 7 at 11:05 p.m. Three new university apartments near Weyburn Terrace are opening to house Bruins this fall. The Laurel, Palo Verde and Tipuana apartments off Weyburn Avenue are each eight to nine stories tall. Read more...

Photo: New university apartments (pictured) are opening this fall. UCLA is offering many incoming transfer, third-year and fourth-year students housing at three new university apartment locations: Tipuana, Laurel and Palo Verde. (Eva Danesh/Daily Bruin)


Rising second-year student Leon Sit runs to represent 59th Assembly District

This post was updated July 24 at 8:36 p.m. When Leon Sit noticed the incumbent assembly member for his district was running unopposed, he saw an opportunity to provide voters with another choice on the ballot. Read more...

Photo: Leon Sit (pictured), a rising second-year materials engineering student, is running to represent California State Assembly District 59 in the 2022 general election. (Courtesy of Leon Sit)



UCLA law students consider consequences of Roe v. Wade overturn

This post was updated July 10 at 9:32 p.m. UCLA School of Law students expressed concern over the future of reproductive and other human rights in light of the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Read more...

Photo: Some students at the UCLA School of Law (pictured) voiced concerns about the future of human and reproductive rights, given the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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