This post was updated Nov. 7 at 12:20 a.m. Economics has arrived to South Campus. Economics and business economics majors have been reclassified as STEM majors, according to an email sent to students Oct. Read more...
Photo: According to an email sent to students last week from the department of economics’ undergraduate counselors, economics and business economics have been reclassified as STEM majors. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Nov. 7 at 10:48 a.m. UCLA will no longer hold the sixth Democratic presidential primary debate. The Democratic National Committee asked its media partners to move the debate, planned for Dec. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will no longer host the sixth Democratic presidential primary debate following concerns raised by employee union American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
The UCLA Alumni Scholars Club recognized 10 fourth-year students Monday for outstanding achievements in community service. The UCLA Alumni Association awards the True Bruin Distinguished Senior Award to 10 seniors every year. Read more...
Photo: Ten students received the UCLA Alumni Association’s True Bruin Distinguished Senior Award for 2019. Each received a $5,000 scholarship in celebration of their volunteer and community service work during their time at UCLA. (Courtesy of Zain Delawalla/UCLA Alumni)
Quyen Di Chuc Bui tells his students he loves them at the end of every email he sends them. He also shows his love by giving them stuffed animals. Read more...
Photo: Quyen Di Chuc Bui, an Asian languages and culture lecturer, gives out stuffed animals in every lecture of his introductory Vietnamese class. He says students better learn the material when they feel their professor cares. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
Ethical questions about artificial intelligence brought together a student-run organization and an international delegation in a cross-cultural dialogue Monday. UCLA’s AI Robotics Ethics Society hosted a delegation from Vienna, Austria, to discuss the ethics of AI, including the automation of jobs by AI machines, the use of AI in healthcare and the regulation of AI research. Read more...
Photo: Claus Kramsl (left), a journalist, Gerhard Hirczi (center), the managing director of the Vienna Business Agency, and Ute Stadlbauer (right), a regional manager at the agency, were part of a delegation which discussed the ethics of artificial intelligence. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
If a wildfire threatened UCLA, administrators plan to defend the campus rather than evacuate all students. Michael Beck, administrative vice chancellor, said UCLA has an agreement with the Los Angeles Fire Department to provide sufficient resources to ensure campus safety, particularly for student housing facilities. Read more...
Photo: The Getty fire did not threaten campus because the wind pushed it west of the 405 Freeway. If such a blaze threatened campus, logistical problems would prevent UCLA from evacuating all students. Instead, the Los Angeles Fire Department would work to defend the campus and students would be free to self-evacuate. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)
An additional student clinic has been open for a year now, but remains in its pilot program because of low student use. The clinic, UCLA Health for Bruins, opened September 2018 at 100 Medical Plaza, Suite 490. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health for Bruins, a clinic for students, opened in September 2018 but has been operating as a pilot program since then. Its physicians hope to offer students health services later in the evening and, eventually, over the weekends. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
