Monday, April 13

UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion grants awards to student leaders

The UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion awarded seven students the inaugural EDI Student Leadership Award on Jan. 31, celebrating their leadership, engagement and support for EDI within the UCLA community. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion awarded seven students (pictured) the EDI Student Leadership Award. They received the award to recognize their leadership in EDI. (Clockwise from top left: Courtesy of Tina Del Carpio, Courtesy of Carolanne Link, Courtesy of Umiemah Farrukh, Courtesy of Gloria Kim, Courtesy of Norma Sandoval, Courtesy of Ashley Ceballos Hernandez, Courtesy of Andrew Ramirez)




Jewish community members at UCLA voice concern over recent shootings

This post was updated March 5 at 11:04 p.m. Jewish UCLA community members expressed concern for their safety in light of recent hate crimes and reaffirmed the importance of secure religious and community programming on campus. Read more...

Photo: Hillel at UCLA is pictured. Jewish UCLA community members said some Jewish centers on campus implemented new safety measures following alleged antisemitic hate crimes in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Student Researchers United merges with United Auto Workers Local 2865

Student Researchers United and United Auto Workers Local 2865, unions representing graduate student researchers and academic student employees, respectively, merged to become known solely as UAW Local 2865, it announced Monday. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is a United Auto Workers union strike. Student Researchers United and UAW Local 2865 announced via Twitter on Monday that they would merge to be known only as UAW Local 2865, representing a combined 36,000 graduate student employees at the UC. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)


James Webb Space Telescope data challenges previous knowledge of early galaxies

UCLA researchers collected data with the James Webb Space Telescope to characterize distant galaxies, revealing new information and challenging previously held ideas such as the age of the earliest galaxies. Read more...

Photo: The inside of the UCLA Planetarium is pictured. UCLA researchers used data from the James Webb Space Telescope to study distant galaxies more closely than before. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin)


COVID-19 led to hardship for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, study shows

A recent UCLA study found that the COVID-19 pandemic led to economic hardship, negative health outcomes and rising incidents of hate and violence for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Read more...

Photo: Royce Hall (pictured). A study by UCLA, AAPI Data and UC Riverside researchers found that the Asian American and Pacific Islander community faced negative health and economic consequences, as well as an increase in incidents of hate, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Daily Bruin file photo)