Thursday, May 28

AAPI Alliance hosts town hall for School of Medicine students, faculty

The UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine hosted a town hall Oct. 10 to discuss challenges faced by Asian American and Pacific Islander students, faculty and staff. Read more...

Photo: A graphic with statistics about racist encounters is pictured. The UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Alliance hosted a virtual town hall Oct. 10 to discuss issues faced by AAPI community members. (Courtesy of Danielle Cho)




Q&A: Dean Alissa Park aims to foster diversity, inclusion in UCLA engineering school

This post was updated Oct. 24 at 7:51 p.m. Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park, the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss her plans in the new role for the upcoming year. Read more...

Photo: Dean Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park is pictured. Park, who began her term as dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science in September, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss some of her plans and priorities for this academic year. (Courtesy of the School of Engineering)



Annual Black Convocation unites and celebrates Black community at UCLA

UCLA’s annual Black Convocation, which was held Wednesday evening, welcomed Black community members back to campus and celebrated their achievements. Hundreds of Black students, faculty and staff gathered in Carnesale Commons for the celebration, which featured guest speakers, including California Assembly Majority Leader Isaac Bryan and Tananarive Due, a continuing lecturer of African American studies. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is the Black Convocation, a welcome event that was held Wednesday at Carnesale Commons. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA students attend walkout, teach-in following violence in Palestine

A couple hundred people gathered in Bruin Plaza on Thursday during a walkout to demonstrate in support of Palestine. The walkout – which was organized by more than 10 student groups, including Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA and UC Divest Coalition at UCLA – began at 2 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are demonstrators from the walkout Thursday. The group gathered in Bruin Plaza before moving to Murphy Hall. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)



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