This post was updated Nov. 6 at 11:17 p.m. Most people would not think twice about seeing a bird on UCLA’s campus. However, for researchers in the Yeh Lab, many of the birds are anything but ordinary. Read more...
Photo: A Dark-eyed Junco, a kind of sparrow, is perched on a tree branch. The Yeh lab evaluates how Juncos respond and adapt to urban environments, particularly on UCLA’s campus. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
John Park and Julie Hunter are electrifying Westwood for years to come. Park, a muralist for nonprofit organization Beautify Earth who is married to Hunter, painted 14 utility boxes stretching from around Charles E. Read more...
Photo: A utility box with an illustration of a bird is pictured in front of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. UCLA Transportation and the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center oversaw a mural project in Westwood in preparation for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Nov. 2 at 10:03 p.m. Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra expressed support Tuesday for Proposition 50 and criticized Texas’s partisan redistricting push at an event at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra is pictured. Becerra expressed support for Proposition 50 and criticized Texas’s partisan redistricting push at an event at UCLA on Tuesday. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Nov. 2 at 10:04 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council cut the Facilities Commissioner’s disability committee and allocated over $11,000 to student groups at its meeting Oct. Read more...
Kent Wong, the former director of the UCLA Labor Center and an advocate for workers’ rights, died Oct. 8. He was 69 years old. Wong was the director of the UCLA Labor Center from 1991 to 2023, during which he oversaw the 2021 development of its new MacArthur Park headquarters, said Toby Higbie, a professor of history and labor studies. Read more...
Photo: A photograph of Kent Wong, the former director of the UCLA Labor Center and an advocate for workers’ rights, is placed on a memorial altar. Wong died Oct. 8 at age 69. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Oct. 28 at 10:43 p.m. The UCLA Department of Mathematics eliminated paid graders and limited working hours for teaching assistants after UCLA cut its budget for the 2025-26 academic year. Read more...
Photo: Mosaics on the exterior of the Math Sciences building, which houses the Department of Mathematics, are pictured. The Department of Mathematics halved hours for its teaching assistants and cut paid graders completely due to budget cuts. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 28 at 10:53 p.m. UCLA budget cuts have forced student-led tour organizations to reduce the frequency of their tours and limit working hours, student employees said. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA tour guide talks to students in Kerckhoff patio. Students said tour guide organizations under UCLA Enrollment Management were forced to reduce their budget by 10%. (Daily Bruin file photo)
