This post was updated Jan. 16 at 10:04 p.m. A UCLA study found low-income households in Southern California are more likely to have their power disconnected following extreme summer heat waves. Read more...
Photo: Apartments in Westwood. A UCLA-led study found many low-income households have their power turned following extreme heat waves. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Many professors are unable to acclimate to the absence of their student workers amid an ongoing University of California-wide academic worker strike. Postdoctoral scholars, teaching assistants, student researchers and other academic workers represented by the United Auto Workers began their UC-wide strike Nov. Read more...
Photo: Strikers gather outside Pritzker Hall as part of a University of California-wide academic workers strike. Many professors have altered their classes and assignments in response to the absence of academic workers. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA International Institute hosted its seventh annual discussion on global issues such as the economy, misinformation and climate change, gathering political representatives from around the world. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Vice Provost Cindy Fan and panelists at a global conversation in November. The discussion included several consuls general from different countries. (Courtesy of Catherine Hamilton)
This post was updated Jan. 16 at 2:02 p.m. A new basic needs center housed in the Strathmore Building will open in January, offering students workshops, food, places to rest and access to loans and grants. Read more...
Photo: The Strathmore Building is pictured. The new basic needs center will open January in Strathmore Building, offering workshops, help accessing food and other resources supporting Bruins’ basic needs. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Dec. 1 at 12:28 a.m. A new startup co-founded by a UCLA alumnus aims to teach students important scientific protocols and techniques through immersion in a virtual reality laboratory. Read more...
Photo: Students use the virtual reality service created by OpenLab. Simone Zamparini, a UCLA alumnus, started OpenLab as an undergraduate. (Courtesy of Simone Zamparini)
This post was updated Dec. 1 at 12:24 a.m. The University of California reached a tentative agreement with postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers represented by the United Auto Workers union Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Strikers gather outside Pritzker Hall with their picket signs. (Alice Yang/Daily Bruin)
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: What is RSV and how is it contributing to a ‘tripledemic’? Read more...
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