A UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumnus will soon lead the school. Celine Parreñas Shimizu, the dean of the Division of Arts at UC Santa Cruz, will begin her tenure as dean of TFT at UCLA on July 1, according to a Thursday announcement from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt. Read more...
Photo: Celine Parreñas Shimizu smiles for a photo. Shimizu will become the dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in July.(Courtesy of Carolyn Lagattuta)
This post was updated March 10 at 6:51 p.m. UCLA will implement a new Initiative to Combat Antisemitism, Chancellor Julio Frenk announced in a Monday email to UCLA community members and parents. Read more...
Photo: Murphy Hall, which hosts the office of the chancellor, is pictured. UCLA will implement a new Initiative to Combat Antisemitism, Chancellor Julio Frenk announced Monday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Materials and Engineering Research Society hosted a book and bake sale to support wildfire relief Feb. 11. The event started at 11 a.m. in Engineering V. Read more...
Photo: The Materials and Engineering Research Society hosted a book and bake sale to support wildfire relief in the Engineering V building. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 9 at 9:19 p.m. Room sign-ups for returning students have come to a close, and many are feeling less than satisfied with their housing enrollment experience. Read more...
Photo: The room preference portion of the UCLA housing application is pictured. Room sign-ups, the online process where returning undergraduate students can select housing for the upcoming academic year, came to an end with many unsatisfied students after UCLA implemented significant room option changes. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Filled with high school students, giveaways and celebrities, the Ackerman Grand Ballroom transformed into a vibrant wellness hub Sunday morning. The 2025 Gen Z Wellness Summit – hosted by the UCLA Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior’s Teen Advisory Council along with Unlikely Collaborators, a conflict resolution organization – featured guest speakers, live music and mental health-related activities. Read more...
Photo: The 2025 Gen Z Wellness Summit featured guest speakers, live music and mental health-related activities. High school students, college students, parents and teachers were in attendance and sat at dozens of tables. (Courtesy of Leilani Krantz)
This post was updated April 8 at 2:15 p.m. Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that the Campus Library Instructional Computing Commons Lab has five full-time librarians. Read more...
Photo: Gissel Rios stands outside her office, where she works as the open science and collections librarian in the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. Rios collaborates with different librarians to make resources more accessible. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sitting in traffic makes Jacob Creer nauseous. He can hear the sound of his 2018 Mazda 3 hatchback’s brakes just thinking about it. So instead of sitting in traffic, Creer – a clinical equipment specialist – leaves his house in Fullerton to arrive by 5 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Jacob Creer (left) and Davina Woods (right) are pictured. The two leaders within the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 went on strike last week to ask the UC to raise union members’ wages, claiming that they are facing an affordability crisis. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
