This post was updated Nov. 28 at 5:56 p.m. UCLA and Getty Research Institute scholars recently released a digitized version of the Florentine Codex, a 16th century indigenous Mexican history record, making it a publicly accessible resource for research across the globe. Read more...
Photo: Insects in Book 11 of the Florentine Codex. (Courtesy of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, and by permission of MiBACT)
This post was updated Nov. 28 at 10:58 p.m. When most anthropologists study culture, the written word is most important. But for Professor Greg Cohen, the touch and sounds of calloused hands weaving fabric communicate dimensions of the cultural experience that cannot be translated into writing. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Greg Cohen, a continuing lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Cohen is teaching a community engagement class on sensory ethnography. (Emily Tang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Iroro Tanshi, winner of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s 2023 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss her award-winning work and plans for future research. Read more...
Photo: La Kretz Hall, which houses the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, is pictured. The Daily Bruin sat down with the Institute’s 2023 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award winner, Iroro Tanshi, to discuss her research in bat conservation and plans for the future. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)
The UCLA Study Abroad program hosted an informational study abroad event Nov. 13 for first-generation students in collaboration with First To Go. The event, which took place in Tom Bradley International Hall from 6 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Tom Bradley International Hall is pictured. The building hosted an information event Nov. 13 for students who are in the first generation in their family to go to college and want to study abroad. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA Dining announced it will pilot a meal plan for some students living off campus. In a Nov. 13 email to students living in University Apartments North, which includes the Laurel, Tipuana and Palo Verde buildings, UCLA Dining said the plan will offer 35 meals to a limited number of undergraduate students for the rest of the quarter at the cost of a $525 up-front payment. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the Rendezvous takeout dining hall. Students living in University Apartments North can access the dining plan as part of a new pilot scheme. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Since Oct. 7, Jewish student Gabby – who was granted partial anonymity for safety reasons – said she has not felt safe on campus. “I myself have been bullied and harassed online,” she said. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s Murphy Hall, which houses the UCLA office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, is pictured. Students complained about the handling of recent complaints about antisemitism by the office. (Dylan Winward/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The keffiyeh – an Arab headscarf – has historically been a symbol of Palestinian liberation, but since Oct. 7, some students said it has made them and others a target for rising Islamophobia. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Office of the Chancellor is pictured. Students complained they felt recent statements from UCLA Chancellor Gene Block supported Jewish students more than Palestinian students. (Dylan Winward/Daily Bruin senior staff)
