This post was updated March 14 at 8:51 p.m. UCLA supported the construction of a train station on campus for an upcoming project in a letter to the Los Angeles Metro. Read more...
Photo: Students walk near Powell Library on campus, which UCLA hopes to make more accessible through public transit. In a letter to Los Angeles Metro, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck supported options that would help UCLA community members reach campus more easily. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 14 at 9:14 p.m. Undocumented students at University of California campuses lack resources and proper funding, according to a recent student-led report. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Labor Center, in partnership with the UCLA Dream Resource Center and the Undocumented Student-Led Network, sponsored a student-led report on undocumented student experiences. (Chelsea Rose Westman/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated March 10 at 3:59 p.m. Renting a Westwood apartment close to UCLA often poses the challenge of affordability to students, particularly because of problems with current housing infrastructure and historical influences, community members said. Read more...
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This post was updated March 10 at 11:10 a.m. UCLA researchers published a study discussing the success of the Life Sciences 30 series, a set of classes at UCLA designed to revitalize the way life sciences students learn calculus. Read more...
Photo: Jane Shevtsov, an instructor for the Life Sciences 30 series, teaches a classroom of students. Departmental leadership developed the course as a way to make introductory calculus classes more relevant for life sciences students. (August Suchecki/Daily Bruin)
Editor’s note: The terms “Shia” and “Shiite” are used interchangeably based on sources’ preferences. Dozens gathered in a vigil Monday in remembrance of the victims of the recent Islamic State affiliate attack in Peshawar, Pakistan. Read more...
Photo: Students and community members gather by Kerckhoff Hall in memory of the victims of an Islamic State affiliate bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA Health leadership announced the current interim chair of the psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences department will return to faculty duties soon and the process to find a new permanent chair will begin, two days after faculty members sent a letter requesting a response from psychiatry department leadership following a Daily Bruin investigation. Read more...
Photo: Leadership from the David Geffen School of Medicine’s department of psychiatry responded to concerns raised by department faculty earlier this week. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A UCLA club that seeks to widen health care and medical access across the world is collaborating with a nonprofit organization to address the issue of drug overdoses at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Universities Allied for Essential Medicines officers and End Overdose’s UCLA chapter co-presidents Maddie Ward (center) and Gianna Uy (right) participate in handing out fentanyl test strips to the campus at an event by End Overdose’s recently formed chapter at UCLA. (Courtesy of Emma Nguyen)
