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January 18, 3:54 pm

Hammer Museum hosts expert panel on 2016 election results

The Hammer Museum hosted a forum to discuss the results of the presidential election Tuesday night. Two political scientists and a public policy scholar examined the effectiveness of political ad campaigns, roles of black voters and the link between racial and economic anxiety at the event titled “Election Postmortem.” Lynn Vavreck, UCLA professor of political science and communication studies, pointed out three numbers she thought highlighted the closeness of the election: 77,000, the total votes needed in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania to swing the election in favor of Hillary Clinton; 2,800,000, the total votes by which Donald Trump lost the popular vote; 58, President Barack Obama’s approval rating. Read more...

Photo: Lynn Vavreck, Theodore Johnson, Ian Masters and Michael Tesler discussed the results of the 2016 presidential election in “Election Postmortem” Tuesday night. (Hannah Johnson/Daily Bruin)

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January 18, 12:03 am

Williams Institute to focus research on LGBTQ discrimination

The Williams Institute at UCLA is reorienting the scope of its research to investigate LGBTQ discrimination post-marriage equality. On Thursday, former UCLA law professor Russell Robinson presented an article at the UCLA School of Law, in which he discussed perception of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights following marriage equality. Read more...

Photo: Russell Robinson, a former UCLA law professor, spoke about marriage equality for same-sex couples Thursday at the UCLA School of Law. About 35 students attended. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)

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January 17, 7:36 pm

Graduate students raise funds to host conference on women in physics

This post was updated on Jan. 24 at 4:50 p.m. Alexandra Latshaw and Elizabeth Mills spend much of their time in physics laboratories, meticulously planning experiments and scribbling down equations that look like they belong on a “The Big Bang Theory” whiteboard. Read more...

Photo: About 250 students attended the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics last weekend at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. (Yixuan Gong/Daily Bruin)

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January 17, 12:55 am

Student reflects on immigrant identity, anti-Muslim prejudice in US

Nadine El Fawal was apprehensive about moving to a new country at age 14, but her mother said that in America, her dreams would come true. Read more...

Photo: Nadine El Fawal, a first-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, immigrated to Virginia from Egypt four years ago and said she experiences discrimination because of her identity. (Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)

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January 16, 7:49 pm

Grad student hopes to break misconceptions of Iran with travel memoir

Shawndeez Jadalizadeh embarked on a four-month solo journey through her home country, which she had never visted before, in the spring of 2015. “I was slightly terrified, but I put aside my fears and fantasies to enjoy the present, to enjoy Iran,” wrote Shawndeez, a graduate student in gender studies, in a memoir about her travels. Read more...

Photo: Shawndeez Jadalizadeh, a UCLA graduate student in gender studies, wrote a memoir about her travels through her hometown, called “My Iran: an Iranian-American experience back home.” (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


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