UCLA researchers found that rising sea levels could lead to the complete loss of salt marshes in Southern California by 2100. The study, published by researchers in the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability on Feb. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers predict Southern California salt marshes will disappear within the century. (Photo courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
UCLA faculty are working with local school districts to teach high school students big data analysis. UCLA, in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District, received a five-year, multimillion dollar grant from the National Science Foundation in 2010 to design curricula for high school math and science classes with a strong emphasis on computational thinking. Read more...
Photo: (Jae Su and John Ingrao/Daily Bruin)
A group of faculty and students have launched a multimedia series on environmental issues, with its first project focusing on an abandoned plot of land with heavy soil contamination. Read more...
Photo: Students and faculty members have partnered with KCET to release multimedia pieces. Their first project features Taylor Yard, an abandoned plot of land with heavy soil contamination. (courtesy of Courtney Cecale)
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 7:43 p.m. Treasury Department secretary, Steven Mnuchin, announced Monday a new round of sanctions against Russia to be enacted within 30 days, and said he thinks recent tax cuts passed by Congress will result in increased economic growth in the U.S. Read more...
Photo: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (right) spoke about economic benefits of tax legislation enacted this year and shared his thoughts on sanctions as a tool for curtailing international human rights abuses. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
International students who are arrested could be removed from the country following the federal government’s new emphasis on screening immigrants. The Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars met with student leaders Feb. Read more...
Photo: New Homeland Security definitions of what constitutes a threat have made it easier for arrested international students to be denied entry to the U.S. or have their visas terminated, according to the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars. (Daily Bruin file photo)
University of California student workers plan to call for higher wages and protections against sexual harassment when they begin collectively bargaining with the UC on Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo) UAW Local 2865, the UC student-workers union which represents teacher assistants and graduate student instructors, will begin collectively bargaining with the UC on Wednesday.
University police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually battered a woman early Monday morning. The woman was near the 600 block of Levering Avenue around 4 a.m. Read more...
