This post was updated Feb. 28 at 12:09 a.m. The UCLA Asian American Studies Center co-sponsored the annual Los Angeles Day of Remembrance on Saturday to memorialize the 80th anniversary of the executive order that authorized the incarceration of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Read more...
Photo: Panelists at the 2022 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance spoke about topics such as reparations. (Megan Tagami/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 24 at 12:31 a.m. More than 350 organizations across the United States are calling for Congress to vote on a bill that would create a commission to study the impacts of slavery on African Americans today. Read more...
Health experts and LGBTQ+ advocates are raising questions regarding the legitimacy of the deferral period for LGBTQ+ individuals who wish to donate blood. Men who have sex with men, or MSM, are currently required to abstain from sexual activity for three months before being eligible to donate blood, as mandated by the Food and Drug Administration. Read more...
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Two UCLA alumni were selected for yearlong appointments as 2021-2022 White House fellows. The White House Fellows program was created in 1964 to bring professionals from various disciplines and careers to Washington to work alongside government officials to learn about federal leadership and policymaking. Read more...
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President Joe Biden nominated distinguished law professor Jerry Kang to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities on Friday. The National Council on the Humanities is made up of 26 citizens appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Read more...
Photo: Law professor Jerry Kang became a nominee to join the National Council on the Humanities on Friday. Kang stepped down as vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion in 2020 after five years in the position and has worked on research concerning implicit bias and behavioral realism in legal analysis. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Tiffany Linh and other transfer students celebrated National Transfer Student Week over s’mores as the week came to a close. From Oct. 18 to Oct. 22, the Transfer Student Center, Transfer Leadership Coalition and the Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer student representative’s office, along with other UCLA programs, partnered to host a variety of workshops and social events to celebrate National Transfer Student Week at UCLA, ending with pumpkin painting in De Neve Holly and a s’more social at Saxon Suites. Read more...
Photo: UCLA celebrated National Transfer Student Week from Oct. 18 to Oct. 22. The Transfer Student Center collaborated with other UCLA organizations to host a variety of social events and workshops geared toward transfer students. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)
University of California students voiced support for two recently passed California bills that will reform the transfer process from community colleges to public universities. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 928 and AB 111 on Oct. Read more...
Photo: One of the bills Gov. Gavin Newsom recently passed intends to change the transfer process by creating one set of general education requirements for California State University and University of California campuses. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
