Thursday, May 14

School of Management cancels event featuring controversial businessman

The UCLA Anderson School of Management indefinitely rescheduled an event with a controversial invited speaker. Sam Zell, a billionaire businessman and founder of Equity International, was originally scheduled to speak Thursday from 6 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Journalists expressed concern about Zell’s attendance on social media platforms like Twitter due to his lewd comments on the subject of hiring female colleagues. (Daily Bruin file photo)


’10 Questions’ dives into different perspectives on freedom

The “10 Questions” lecture series, which will address a different question each week, doubles as a course for students and a panel open to the public. Read more...

Photo: In one of her projects, Lauren McCarthy, a design media arts assistant professor, mimicked the Amazon Echo, a smart speaker, by personally automating the participants’ homes herself. She said freedom was lost when people became dependent on artificial intelligence. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Burnett/UCLA Arts)


Title IX Office releases 31 cases of employees committing sexual misconduct

This post was updated Feb. 3 at 12:08 p.m. This article contains descriptions of sexual violence. The UCLA Title IX Office released 31 cases of UCLA employees found in violation of University of California Policy for Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment on Friday. Read more...

Photo: In response to a California Public Records Act request, the UCLA Title IX Office released 31 cases of sexual misconduct by employees to several media outlets. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)



Event features North Korean refugees discussing personal stories, experiences

Noel Kim was taught at school how former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung defeated the Japanese in combat with a single pine cone. Kim was one of four visiting North Korean refugees who shared their personal stories at “From Another World,” an event hosted by UCLA Liberty in North Korea on Monday. Read more...

Photo: The North Korean LiNK advocacy fellows are visiting college campuses across the nation to share their personal stories on defecting from North Korea. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)


SWC program lets students access free menstrual hygiene products on the Hill

This post was updated Nov. 8 at 9:44 a.m. Free menstrual hygiene products will be available on the Hill beginning Wednesday. BruiNecessities, a basic needs student advocacy group housed under the Undergraduate Students Association Council Student Wellness Commission, will provide the products in a box at the De Neve Office of Residential Life, located in the De Neve lobby. Read more...

Photo: BruiNecessities will provide free menstrual hygiene products at the De Neve Office of Residential Life. The move expands on the Student Wellness Center’s ongoing initiative to provide free menstrual hygiene products on campus in Kerckhoff Hall and the Ashe Center. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA workers voice their concerns as AFSCME begins three-day strike

This post was updated Oct. 29 at 11:10 p.m. A University of California employee union went on strike Tuesday to voice their concerns about outsourcing, job security and stagnant wages in the UC. Read more...

Photo: AFSCME Local 3299, which represents roughly 25,000 patient care technicians, is holding a three-day strike over claims of UC outsourcing. Service workers are striking in solidarity. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)



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