This post was updated June 5 at 5:40 p.m. Chancellor Julio Frenk said UCLA must remain resilient amid threats to higher education during his inauguration Thursday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk speaks at his Thursday inauguration. Frenk said UCLA must remain resilient amid threats to higher education. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin)
Students, researchers and health care leaders convened for the second annual Healthcare Analytics Symposium at the UCLA Anderson School of Management on May 16. Hosted by the Morrison Family Center for Marketing and Data Analytics and the UCLA Anderson’s Master of Science in Business Analytics program, participants at the symposium shared perspectives on potential solutions to health care’s most complex data management problems. Read more...
Photo: The second annual Healthcare Analytics Symposium was held at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA’s new Latinx Success Center aims to support the university’s Latino community. The center, located in De Neve Birch, was established following a 2022 recommendation from UCLA’s Hispanic-Serving Institution Task Force. Read more...
Photo: People pose for a photo while demonstrating a ribbon-cutting at the opening of the Latinx Success Center. The center was launched March 31. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Charles Zachary “C.Z.” Wilson, UCLA’s former vice chancellor for academic affairs, died Nov. 21, 2024. He was 95. Wilson served as vice chancellor for academic affairs for 14 years and was the highest-ranking Black person to become a senior academic administrator at the University during his tenure. Read more...
Photo: Charles Zachary “C.Z.” Wilson, the university’s former vice chancellor for academic affairs, is pictured. A former professor in UCLA’s Graduate Program in Education, Wilson died Nov. 21, 2024 at age 95. (Courtesy of the UCLA Black Alumni Association)
The ASUCLA Board of Directors announced during its 10th meeting of the 2024-2025 academic year that CalFresh recipients can use their benefits at ASUCLA stores. The board, composed of a student majority, has financial oversight over ASUCLA entities, including the Undergraduate Students Association Council, the Graduate Student Association and the ASUCLA Communications Board – which oversees UCLA Student Media. Read more...
Raffi Simonian wanted to give students experience in solving real-world business and technology problems. That’s why he decided to lead the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges – hands-on projects where student teams try to solve real world issues in fields like data science, marketing, e-commerce and sales – said Simonian, the program’s director. Read more...
Photo: Simonian presenting the format of the 2023 Fall Innovation Challenge to students interested in participating. Simonian leads the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges. (Courtesy of UCLA Epicenter)
Maya Abdallah stopped eating May 9 in support of Palestine. Eight days later, she left campus in an ambulance after losing consciousness from hunger. Abdallah, a third-year film and television student, went on a hunger strike to demand that the university divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and disclose its financial investments. Read more...
Photo: Maya Abdallah, a third-year film and television student, wears a shirt marking the seventh day of her hunger strike. Abdallah went on a nine-day hunger strike to demand that the university divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and disclose its investments. (Courtesy of Maya Abdallah)
