Friday, February 20

UCLA continues to delay the Daily Bruin’s access to public documents

The UCLA Records Management and Information Practices Office has delayed the Daily Bruin’s access to public documents for 20 days. The Bruin requested emails under the California Public Records Act on Jan. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Records Management and Information Practices Office has delayed access to the Daily Bruin’s request public documents four times. The Daily Bruin requested the documents about why UCLA stopped its participation with the the Westwood Organized Meaningful Projects in January. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA researchers to study success of online mental health therapy

UCLA researchers will study whether peer support increases the effectiveness of online therapy for patients diagnosed with mild depression, stress and anxiety. The two-year study, conducted by the UCLA Office of Campus and Student Resilience, hopes to identify a more effective way of treating patients with mild depression or anxiety, said Elizabeth Gong-Guy, director of the Office of Campus and Student Resilience. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers will conduct a two-year study to determine if peer counseling is useful for students with mental health problems such as PTSD and depression. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Kara Chang, from silence to a fighter for LGBT acceptance

Kara Chang stepped out in front of 8,000 incoming UCLA freshmen during Welcome Week in the fall and told the story of how she had come out as transgender five months before. Read more...

Photo: Kara Chang, a fourth-year communications studies student, has been an active member in many trans and LGBT movements during her time at UCLA. (Miriam Bribiesca/Assistant Photo Editor)


Head of BlackRock, alumnus Laurence Fink to speak at 2016 commencement

Laurence D. Fink, UCLA alumnus and businessman, will be the keynote speaker at the UCLA College of Letters and Science commencement ceremonies on June 10 in Pauley Pavilion, UCLA officials announced Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Laurence D. Fink (center), chairman for BlackRock, will be the commencement speaker for the College of Letters and Science on June 10. (Creative Commons by Financial Times via Flickr)


UCLA employees protest restrictions on union representation

This post was updated July 28, 2020 at 4:15 p.m. About 200 UCLA employees called on administrators to stop the university’s alleged restrictions on union representation at a protest Wednesday in front of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...

Photo: UCLA employees protested outside of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday, calling for union representation. (William Thorne/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Million Student March protestors demand university reforms

Protesters marched through campus Wednesday to advocate for lowering tuition and adopting the new $15 hourly minimum wage immediately, among other university reforms. About 20 UCLA students, alumni and workers chanted and spoke about issues such as mental health funding and sexual assault as a part of the Million Student March, organized by the community organization Socialist Alternative. Read more...

Photo: Protesters walked to the law school to protest the appearance of University of California President Janet Napolitano, where they joined a march for undocumented students. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)



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