The anti-LGBTQ+ Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing on campus Monday according to an email from UCLA officials. The WBC is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Read more...
Photo: The anti-gay organization Westboro Baptist Church will be picketing near Murphy Hall on Monday. UCLA will be offering a post-event community space for UCLA community members to process the event. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: What is artificial intelligence? Read more...
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The recent protests in Hong Kong have sparked an irrevocable shift in its political climate, UCLA faculty and other experts said at a panel Monday. The UCLA International Institute, which promotes global research and study, hosted an open panel with a reporter and professors of law, history and political science at the UCLA School of Law to discuss the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, and how they reflect crucial changes in Asia’s political climate. Read more...
Photo: UCLA faculty and experts discussed the protests in Hong Kong at an event at the School of Law on Monday. The protests began around the end of March 2019 over a proposed bill that would have allowed Hong Kong to extradite criminal suspects to countries with which it does not have extradition agreements. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin)
UCLA requested undergraduate students to complete an optional online training module about equity, diversity and inclusion Thursday. UCLA assigned all incoming undergraduate students an online training module covering topics centered around equity, diversity and inclusion in September. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Dean of Students Maria Blandizzi emailed the UCLA campus Thursday asking undergraduates to complete an online module about equity, diversity and inclusion. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Leaders in the health industry parsed out policies side by side with members of the UCLA community during a health conference Saturday. The conference consisted of four major topics and 21 speakers. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles Global Health Conference hosted Saturday in Covel Commons highlighted urgent international crises. The event also featured research from UCLA students. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 4 at 9:02 p.m. Five students crossed the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center Park Pool at sundown in a huddle, bobbing up and down as they jogged to propel themselves the length of the pool and back. Read more...
Photo: Kelsey Dempsey (center), a second-year pre-communication student, started aqua-jogging as a rehabilitation exercise after an injury in high school. Since coming to UCLA, Dempsey has gathered her friends, including Kaylee Johnson (left), a first-year pre-communication student, and Helen Gunn (right), a second-year psychology student, to continue the exercise. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Non-senate faculty rallied Monday after their union contract with the University of California expired Friday. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers Local 1990 represents non-senate faculty at UCLA such as lecturers and substitute teachers. Read more...
Photo: Members of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers Local 1990 and union supporters marched to Murphy Hall on Monday after the union’s contract expired Friday. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin)
