The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected seven UCLA faculty members to the organization Thursday. The elected professors come from varying academic backgrounds, including music, social sciences and natural sciences, according to a statement from UCLA. Read more...
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April 26, 12:41 am
American Academy of Arts and Sciences adds seven UCLA faculty members
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April 26, 12:38 am
USAC committee suggests changes to address food security, student safety
An undergraduate student government committee recommended Monday the council create a new position of food security director and increase its role in ensuring student safety, among other changes. Read more...
Photo: (Anthony Tran/Daily Bruin) The USAC Constitutional Review Committee recommended Monday the council create a new position of food security director and increase its role in ensuring student safety.
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April 26, 12:36 am
Ecuadorian Bruins raise money for earthquake relief efforts overseas
Manying Ng-Argudo’s family was at a mall in Ecuador when an earthquake struck. The mall’s electricity was cut and people began to jump from the second floor to the first in panic to avoid getting trapped on escalators and inside elevators. Read more...
Photo: Ecuadorian students met Saturday to recount how they rushed to contact family after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador April 16.
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April 25, 6:26 pm
UCLA released animal treatment records in settlement for 2013 lawsuit
UCLA agreed to release animal treatment records in response to a lawsuit an animal welfare organization filed in 2013 that alleged UCLA withheld public documents. The Animal Legal Defense Fund represented Stop Animal Exploitation Now an animal welfare organization, in the lawsuit. Read more...
Photo: The Animal Justice Project protested against animal experimentation in research studies Friday. The protest was a few days before Stop Animal Exploitation Now plans to release documents that allegedly show evidence of animal neglect. (Owen Emerson/Photo assistant editor)
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April 25, 12:48 am
Q&A: UCLA law professor discusses focus on Native American law
Carole Goldberg, vice chancellor for academic personnel, enrolled in law school in 1968 with the intention of providing legal services to the poor. But after taking a seminar in Native American law and writing a paper that was cited by the U.S. Read more...
Photo: Carole Goldberg, vice chancellor for academic personnel, helps Native Americans with legal issues and studies tribal justice systems. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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April 22, 2:12 pm
Protesters march against animal testing in campus research labs
This post was updated on April 22 at 4:45 p.m. Animal rights activists marched to Chancellor Gene Block’s office Friday with signs depicting bleeding monkeys and other animals to protest animal testing in campus research labs. Read more...
Photo: Julia Orr, an organizer for the Animal Justice Project, has protested UCLA’s animal testing practices for the last 10 years. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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April 22, 12:32 am
Cadets carry military values from family life to ROTC experience
When he was 2 years old, Robert Burns played with his green army soldiers and lined them up for war. Now, as Bruin Battalion commander, he does exactly what his sister said he was born to do: lead troops. Read more...
Photo: Nicole Tom, a fourth-year Russian studies and political science student, is carried by her fellow cadets. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)