The Congo Basin Institute Club at UCLA provides Bruins with the opportunity to support environmental research conducted by UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute – both on campus and in Cameroon. Read more...
Photo: A flyer from the Congo Basin Institute Club at UCLA is pictured with plans and events. (Courtesy of Sophia Brown)
This post was updated Jan. 25 at 9:38 p.m. About 60 people attended a Thursday vigil honoring civilians killed amid the Iranian government’s crackdown on anti-regime protests. Read more...
Photo: A Lion and Sun flag – a symbol of Iran’s pre-revolution government – is displayed on the McClure stage in Bruin Plaza. UCLA community members attended a Thursday vigil honoring civilians killed amid the Iranian government’s crackdown on anti-regime protests. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 15 at 9:57 p.m. About 80 demonstrators marched across campus Wednesday to call for regime change and freedom in Iran. The rally, which began at around 12:20 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Demonstrators calling for regime change in Iran walk down Janss steps. The rally, which began at around 12:20 p.m. in Bruin Plaza, was held by the Iranian Student Group at UCLA. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 4:08 p.m. A U-Haul truck drove into a crowd of people protesting for regime change in Iran outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood at about 3:30 p.m. Read more...
Photo: People protesting for regime change in Iran demonstrate outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood. A U-Haul truck drove into a crowd of protesters at about 3:30 p.m., injuring at least two people, authorities said. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 13 at 9:42 p.m. “Scurfy” mice, DNA sequencing and a Seattle biotechnology company were integral to the research that Mary E. Read more...
Photo: Mary E. Brunkow, one of the 2025 Nobel laureates, is pictured. Brunkow, UCLA alumnus Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi earned the prize for their work in discovering the Foxp3 gene and its crucial function in regulatory T-cell development. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Nov. 18 at 11:08 p.m. Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of sex trafficking that some readers may find disturbing. Yeonmi Park said she had never feared for her life as a conservative speaker in America – the country she once lauded for its freedom. Read more...
Photo: Yeonmi Park, a North Korean defector and conservative speaker, is pictured giving a lecture in Kaplan Hall. Park was hosted by the UCLA chapter of Young America’s Foundation and spoke about her experience growing up in North Korea, as well as her thoughts on the political climate of the U.S. (Gabby Yang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 16 at 9:57 p.m. Fred Ramsdell, one of the recipients of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, sat down with science and health contributor Leilani Krantz to discuss his journey with scientific exploration and the importance of foundational research. Read more...
Photo: Ramsdell is pictured with his dogs. (Courtesy of Fred Ramsdell)
