This post was updated May 5 at 6:19 p.m. A UCLA community service club paused its programming after federal agents performed an immigration raid at the organization’s volunteering site in the San Fernando Valley. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Community Service Commission office in Kerckhoff Hall is pictured. One of CSC’s projects has suspended some operations following immigration enforcement activity on its volunteer site. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin staff)
When Graeme Blair heard President Donald Trump’s promises to carry out a mass deportation campaign ahead of the 2024 presidential election, he began planning the Deportation Data Project. Read more...
Photo: Graeme Blair, a co-founder of the Deportation Data Project and a political science professor at UCLA, stands in front of the California Center for Population Research. The center has provided the project with funding which has largely been used to fund litigation. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)
Three UCLA students are pushing for housing reform in Westwood. Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative Brett Berndt, USAC Student Housing Liaison Gabriella Llaneta and fourth-year political science student Henry Houser created UCLA’s chapter of the Student Homes Coalition, a statewide organization dedicated to advocating for better student housing. Read more...
Photo: USAC Student Housing Liaison Gabriella Llaneta, USAC General Representative Brett Berndt and fourth-year political science student Henry Houser are pictured left to right in front of a staircase in Kerckhoff Hall. The three students created the first chapter of the Student Homes Coalition, a student housing advocacy organization, at UCLA. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)
Three miles of Santa Monica Boulevard and Westwood Boulevard closed to cars Sunday, creating a temporary park for cyclists and pedestrians. CicLAvia – a nonprofit that temporarily closes streets to cars across the city – hosted the event. Read more...
Photo: Pedestrians and cyclists gather in Westwood. Parts of Santa Monica Boulevard and Westwood Boulevard were closed to cars on Sunday. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will soon have a new leader. Dr. Kari Nadeau, the current chair of the department of environmental health at the Harvard T.H. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Kari Nadeau is set to become Fielding’s dean in July. (Courtesy of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health)
While artificial intelligence can damage the environment, it also has the potential to promote sustainability, climate experts said during a Wednesday forum at Kerckhoff Grand Salon. Read more...
Photo: Panelists speak at the 2026 Climate Justice Forum, which aimed to raise awareness and foster dialogue about current environmental justice issues, especially with the rise of AI. (Charlie Hamilton/Daily Bruin)
Healthcare providers emphasized the importance of supporting LGBTQ+ patients amid federal rollbacks on the community’s access to care at an April 19 UCLA conference. The 11th annual LGBTQIA+ SoCal Health Conference brought together UCLA physicians, medical students and community members to discuss gender-affirming care, mental health and policy issues in the LGBTQ+ community. Read more...
Photo: The organizers of the event are pictured. The 11th annual LGBTQIA+ SoCal Health Conference brought together UCLA physicians, medical students and community members to discuss gender-affirming care, mental health and policy issues in the LGBTQ+ community. (Courtesy of Ruchi Agashe and Anne d’Aquino)
