This post was updated Feb. 28 at 12:29 a.m. UCLA received the largest number of applications across the University of California system for the second year in a row for fall 2022, but systemwide transfer applications decreased by almost 6,000. Read more...
Photo: UCLA received a record number of applications for fall 2022, increasing for the second year in a row. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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)
The UCLA community expressed concern after the Asian American Studies Center received a flyer declaring that a white supremacist rally would be held on campus on Feb. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students and faculty expressed concerns about the university’s response after the Asian American studies department received a flyer regarding a white supremacist rally that was meant to occur Feb. 14. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
Disability rights advocate Judith Heumann spoke about the need to increase the accessibility of higher education in a Zoom lecture Thursday. Heumann has been advocating for disability rights since the 1970s and has worked on legislation including Section 504, the Individuals with Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...
Photo: Disability rights advocate Judith Heumann spoke with student leaders and at the Regents’ Professors and Lecturers Program to discuss the accessibility of higher education. (Screen capture by Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated March 1 at 6:51 p.m. Students’ 16-day sit-in is now over. Student leaders decided Wednesday morning to suspend their 16-day sit-in at Murphy Hall after reaching an agreement with UCLA administrators regarding their demands for increased accessibility and education equity. Read more...
Photo: After coming to an agreement with the university, student leaders suspended their sit-in at Murphy Hall. (Seth Van Matre/Daily Bruin)
