A Westwood church partnered with a senior housing developer to build a senior living center on Wilshire Boulevard, a proposed project that has been met with mixed reactions regarding its height. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Presbyterian Church partnered with Belmont Village, an assisted living housing developer, to build a senior living center on Wilshire Boulevard. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)
A new lab aims to engage students in political research using experimentation and data analysis. Efrén Pérez, director of UCLA’s Center for American Politics and Public Policy and a political science professor, established the Race, Ethnicity, Politics and Society Experimental Lab in August 2018 to provide funding and guidance for student research projects, according to the center’s website. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Efrén Pérez)
This year’s Common Book author agreed to donate half of his speaker’s honorarium profits to undocumented students at UCLA after students and faculty criticized him for profiting off the stories of immigrants at the southern border. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s selection of “The Line Becomes A River” as this year’s Common Book received criticism for its timing because of the current national activities at the border. The author agreed to donate half of his speaker’s honorarium profits to UCLA’s Undocumented Student Program. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
A student organization demonstrated during a basketball game Thursday to push UCLA to better address cases of racial discrimination on campus and increase funding for African-American student groups. Read more...
Photo: Students in the African Student Union demonstrated at the men’s basketball game Thursday to express discontent with how UCLA has addressed the interests of African-American students. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The University of California will not renew its subscription with the world’s largest scientific publisher, a University press release announced Thursday. The UC and Elsevier, which owns over 2,500 journals such as Cell and The Lancet, were unable to come to an agreement regarding publishing fees and subscription costs after months of negotiations. Read more...
Photo: The UC and Elsevier, which owns over 2,500 journals including Cell and The Lancet, were unable to come to an agreement regarding publishing fees and subscription costs after months of negotiations. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
Four UCLA Army Senior Division Reserve Officers’ Training Corps faculty members received awards for rescuing a civilian in a car crash last year. Maj. Steve Kwon, Maj. Read more...
Photo: Maj. Steve Kwon, Maj. Tyrone Vargas, Romeo Miguel and Victoria Sanelli were recognized at an award ceremony Wednesday for aiding in the rescue of a trapped motorist in a car crash last year. Members of the department of military science attended the ceremony. (Emily Ng/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 4:17 p.m. Students and panelists discussed the effects of Title IX policy on UCLA students Wednesday night. The Bruin Consent Coalition and Undergraduate Students Association Council Office of the President held the town hall to analyze the intersection of sexual violence, Title IX policy and student life. Read more...
Photo: Alicia Oeser (pictured), the director of UCLA Campus Assault Resources & Education, was one of several panelists that discussed how sexual violence and Title IX policy affect the lives of UCLA students at a town hall Wednesday. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
