This post was updated May 10 at 8:23 p.m. UCLA restored access to Bruin Learn on Saturday evening, two days after a cyberattack took down the learning platform. Read more...
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May 9, 4:58 pm
Cyberattack on Bruin Learn stops students from studying, working on assignments
First-year bioengineering student Cadence Esterling routinely used worksheets on Bruin Learn to study for her lower-division calculus class – which she has a midterm for Wednesday. Read more...
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May 7, 2:06 pm
Cyberattack shuts down Bruin Learn, targets thousands of schools
This post was updated May 7 at 9:03 p.m. A cyberattack impacting Bruin Learn – as well as thousands of other schools which use Canvas – barred students from accessing the platform Thursday. Read more...
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May 6, 1:33 pm
DOJ alleges David Geffen School of Medicine illegally considered race in admissions
This post was updated May 7 at 9:06 p.m. The United States Department of Justice alleged Wednesday that the David Geffen School of Medicine illegally considered race in its admissions processes, discriminating against white and Asian American applicants. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division alleged in a Wednesday press release that the School of Medicine illegally used race as a selection criteria for candidates and admitted Black and Latino students who had lower academic qualifications than their white and Asian counterparts. Read more...
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May 6, 1:04 pm
Protesting doctors, nurses allege dangerous overcrowding at UCLA hospital
This post was updated May 7 at 9:12 p.m. About 60 healthcare professionals gathered at Luskin Turnaround on Wednesday morning to protest patient overcrowding at UCLA’s on-campus hospital. Members of the California Nurses Association, Committee of Interns and Residents and University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents healthcare, research and technical professionals – gave speeches calling on the University to address alleged overcrowding issues in the emergency department at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
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May 2, 5:50 pm
‘It’s eye opening’: Deportation Data Project maps rise in immigration enforcement
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...
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April 30, 11:42 pm
Civil liberties group denounces UCLA Law administrator’s email
A civil liberties group told UCLA on Monday that the university should not stop a conservative student group from identifying demonstrators who protested a United States Department of Homeland Security lawyer’s campus event. Read more...