This post was updated Feb. 25 at 1:40 p.m. Community members gathered to celebrate the legacy of Black feminists Audre Lorde and Toni Morrison in the Black Bruin Resource Center on Friday. Read more...
Photo: Multiple campus resource centers welcomed community members and a guest speaker at an event to honor Audre Lorde and Toni Morrison held Friday. (Chelsea Rose Westman/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA student organizations hosted a reading event Friday to promote youth literacy and increased representation during Black History Month. Organized by the Luskin Black Caucus and the UCLA School on Wheels, the event featured readings from four books showcasing the power, strength, and intelligence of various Black protagonists. Read more...
Photo: Tonya McClendon read from “Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use” at a Black History Month reading event organized by the Luskin Black Caucus and UCLA School on Wheels. (Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor)
Black LGBTQ+ Bruins are finding community and connection at UCLA despite the challenges they face on campus and the shift to virtual learning. BlaQue, a student organization under the Queer Alliance at UCLA and the Afrikan Student Union, is a student organization centering the experiences of Black LGBTQ+ students and addressing the issues facing their communities. Read more...
Photo: Black LGBTQ+ students are finding community through BlaQue, a student organization under the Queer Alliance and Afrikan Student Union. The organization gives Black LGBTQ+ students a space to connect and participate in events, students said. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Feb. 22 at 7:37 p.m. A new institute is opening up at UCLA that focuses on a major part of daily life: food. Read more...
Photo: UCLA is establishing the Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies, which will encourage interdepartmental collaboration and further develop current food studies programs and research at the university. (Eva Danesh/Daily Bruin)
Faculty of color in the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences said they experienced and observed racial discrimination in various instances, including being passed over for promotions, ignored in decision-making and discouraged in efforts to hire more faculty of color. Read more...
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Books in a classroom are often not enough as Latino community members have much to share with Spanish language students, said Carla Suhr, a Spanish linguistics professor and director of the Community Engagement Program. Read more...
Photo: In Spanish M165XP, students are connected to opportunities to work with local communities while learning and practicing their Spanish language skills. Organizations in fields including health care, legal services and education have partnered with the course to accept student volunteers. (Courtesy of Lauro Pilar)
This post was updated Feb. 14 at 10:21 a.m. Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Read more...
Photo: The game Wordle (pictured) involves six tries to guess a certain five-letter word each day. Its popularity can be attributed to the simple design and social features, UCLA experts said. (Photo illustration by Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
