This post was updated Sept. 5 at 10:47 p.m. President Donald Trump ended a program Tuesday morning that deferred the deportation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students have protested in support of undocumented students following the election of Donald Trump as president. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA School of Law is creating a new trial advocacy program following a $1 million donation from one of its alumni. A. Barry Cappello’s donation is funding the A. Read more...
Photo: UCLA School of Law alumnus donated $1million to create a new trial advocacy program and create more opportunities for law students. (Courtesy UCLA Newsroom)
Kevin Njabo left Cameroon 15 years ago to pursue teaching and research in environmental science at UCLA. Njabo, an assistant adjunct professor of environmental health sciences, helped establish UCLA’s partnership with the Congo Basin Institute, in which he serves as the Africa director of the Center for Tropical Research. Read more...
Photo: Kevin Njabo, an assistant adjunt professor in environmental health sciences, helped establish a research institute in Cameroon jointly led by UCLA and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
Hundreds of students were moved from their rooms Thursday after reports of a mold infestation in an on-campus residential hall. Around 500 students in the Academic Advancement Program’s summer freshman and transfer student program living in De Neve Holly were moved to Hedrick Summit by housing staff because of concerns of mold in several rooms, said AAP director Charles Alexander. Read more...
Photo: Students living in De Neve Holly were moved to Hedrick Summit on Thursday because of a mold infestation in the building. (Daily Bruin File Photo)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to remove Columbus Day from the city calendar and made the second Monday in October a holiday to honor indigenous people. Read more...
Photo: Herb Wesson, president of the Los Angeles City Council, voted Wednesday to support replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Sept. 1 at 5:35 p.m. A motorboat helped Michelle Chung’s family and dogs evacuate through the flooded streets of Houston. A neighbor driving the motorboat knocked on the door of her family’s flooded home, said Chung, a third-year cognitive science student. Read more...
Photo: Todd Breeding, a UCLA alumnus, said even though the first floor of his building flooded, the flooding did not do much damage to his apartment in Cypress, Texas, near Houston. (Courtesy of DeAnn Breeding)
