This post was updated Nov. 1 at 10:31 p.m. UCLA students said they want California’s next governor to prioritize addressing the state’s housing crisis, affordability and immigration issues. Read more...
Photo: The California State Capitol is pictured. UCLA students said they want California’s next governor to prioritize addressing the state’s housing crisis, affordability and immigration issues. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 1 at 11:23 p.m. A UCLA research center is working to challenge racial and partisan gerrymandering, voter eligibility restrictions and ballot collection issues ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Read more...
Photo: A ballot is pictured. A UCLA research center is working to challenge racial and partisan gerrymandering, voter eligibility and ballot collection issues ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. ((William Gauvin/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Nov. 1 at 11:18 p.m. Noor Baber said helping her immigrant parents navigate the American voting process reinforced her belief in the power of political participation. Read more...
Photo: Student canvassers Kristian Suazo (left), a fourth-year labor studies and political science student, and Noor Baber (right), a fourth-year political science student, are pictured. Several students have spent hours canvassing across campus to advocate for Nithya Raman, who is competing against the incumbent Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor. (Courtesy of Kristian Suazo and Noor Baber)
UCLA students launched a new publication Monday that aims to raise awareness about environmental issues through storytelling. Written, edited and peer-reviewed entirely by undergraduate students, LENS: The Journal of Environmental Narratives allows students to display their creative and scholarly environmental work at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Read more...
Photo: Julia Awad, the LENS journal’s editor-in-chief and a fourth-year English student, holds a copy of LENS. She said the journal’s mission is to advocate for storytelling as a way to understand the present, past and future of the environment. (Charlie Hamilton/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA announced this month that it will expand the number and operating hours of essential health vending machines on campus. The Be Well Bruin Express – launched by UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center and UCLA’s Health Education and Resource Team in partnership with UCLA Vending Services – is stocked with a variety of health-related products and operates 24 hours a day outside the Ashe Center. Read more...
Photo: A Be Well Bruin Express vending machine is pictured. UCLA will expand the number and hours of vending machines stocked with a variety of health-related products around campus. (Charlie Hamilton/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 29 at 11:11 p.m. Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a UCLA class is exploring how music artists are shaping civic engagement across the United States. Read more...
Photo: A piano is pictured. Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a UCLA class is exploring how music artists are shaping civic engagement across the United States. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Oct. 30 at 10:21 p.m. UCLA Library dissolved its data consultation center and stopped offering data analysis services in August. UCLA Library consolidated the Data Science Center into its research services unit as part of a broader effort to restructure the department, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: Charles E. Young Library is pictured. The library previously housed the UCLA Library Data Science Center, which was closed in August. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
