Famed animal behavior expert and conservationist Jane Goodall will speak at UCLA on April 1. Tickets for the lecture have already sold out. Goodall will deliver the Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership at Royce Hall. Read more...
Photo: Celebrated conservationist Jane Goodall will be a guest lecturer at UCLA on April 1 at the Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership in Royce Hall. Tickets for the event have sold out. (Creative Commons photo by Jeekc via Wikipedia Creative Commons)
The anti-LGBTQ+ Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing on campus Monday according to an email from UCLA officials. The WBC is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Read more...
Photo: The anti-gay organization Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing near Murphy Hall on Monday. UCLA will be offering a post-event community space for UCLA community members to process the event. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA material scientists developed a record-setting coating that prevents the formation of ice at subzero temperatures, according to a new study published Jan. 29. The new hydrogel coating prevents ice from forming at temperatures as low as -31 degrees Celsius, or -23.8 degrees Fahrenheit, on plastic, glass, ceramics and metals. Read more...
Photo: Scientists at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science developed a record-setting hydrogel that prevents materials from freezing under subzero temperatures. It can be applied to surfaces such as external components of airplanes, the study said. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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 artificial intelligence? Read more...
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The recent protests in Hong Kong have sparked an irrevocable shift in its political climate, UCLA faculty and other experts said at a panel Monday. The UCLA International Institute, which promotes global research and study, hosted an open panel with a reporter and professors of law, history and political science at the UCLA School of Law to discuss the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, and how they reflect crucial changes in Asia’s political climate. Read more...
Photo: UCLA faculty and experts discussed the protests in Hong Kong at an event at the School of Law on Monday. The protests began around the end of March 2019 over a proposed bill that would have allowed Hong Kong to extradite criminal suspects to countries with which it does not have extradition agreements. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin)
UCLA requested undergraduate students to complete an optional online training module about equity, diversity and inclusion Thursday. UCLA assigned all incoming undergraduate students an online training module covering topics centered around equity, diversity and inclusion in September. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Dean of Students Maria Blandizzi emailed the UCLA campus Thursday asking undergraduates to complete an online module about equity, diversity and inclusion. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A University of California report released Monday recommended that the UC continue to use standardized testing in its admissions process. The report, which outlined the findings of the Standardized Testing Task Force, recommended the UC continue to require standardized test scores from applicants and instead change other aspects of the admissions process to make its classes representative of California’s diversity. Read more...
Photo: The University of California formed the Standardized Testing Task Force in January 2019 to evaluate the UC’s current testing practices. Its report, which was released Monday, recommended that the UC continue to use standardized testing in its admissions process. (Daily Bruin file photo)
