Students, faculty and staff brainstormed ways to improve diversity through better discrimination and bias reporting processes and retention resources, among other ideas, at an on-campus forum Thursday. Read more...
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April 24, 4:18 am
Diversity forum takes steps toward equality, inclusion
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April 24, 4:03 am
Students celebrate culture with colors at Holi
Nearly 600 pounds of colored powder sat neatly arranged in Ziploc bags Thursday afternoon at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. Thirty minutes later, as the powder settled, the grass was no longer just green, and students left with multicolored clothing and a better understanding of a long-celebrated part of Indian culture. Read more...
Photo: (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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April 23, 7:02 pm
Powell celebrates opening of sustainability book collection
A new student-initiated book collection on the topic of sustainability opened this week in Powell Library. The collection is part of the Community Collections in Powell, a group of collections jointly built between students and faculty that aim to reflect topics students are interested in, said Sharon Farb, associate university librarian for collection management and scholarly communication. Read more...
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April 23, 6:05 pm
Bruins United files petition appealing Election Board sanction
A Bruins United slate campaign manager filed a petition with the undergraduate student government Judicial Board Tuesday to appeal a recent Election Board decision that prohibited the slate from online campaigning for two days. Read more...
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April 23, 1:17 am
Bruins for Israel campaign seeks to educate students on Zionism
Bruins for Israel recently launched a campaign called “We, the Zionists” to combat negative connotations surrounding Zionism and to teach students about the origins of the movement. Read more...
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April 22, 12:09 am
Commencement speaker elicits lukewarm student response
Students expressed confusion and tepid approval about the recent announcement of UCLA alumnus Nathan Myhrvold as the keynote speaker for this year’s College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony. Read more...
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April 21, 1:00 am
UCLA professor brings Chicana/o, Latina/o culture to Hill residents
On the Day of the Dead each year, Charlene Villaseñor Black goes to the cemetery with her family to reconnect with her ancestors. She then goes to the Hill to see through the Day of the Dead celebration, watching participants and guests create altars in honor of friends and family who have died. Read more...
Photo: Charlene Villaseñor Black, a professor in art history and a faculty-in-residence on the Hill, brought the Chican@/Latin@ Studies theme community to the second floor of Sproul Hall. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)