Saturday, April 11

Chicana/o studies department votes on adding Central American Studies to name

This post was updated Nov. 25 at 2:56 p.m. The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies voted Nov. 15 to expand its name to include Central American studies. Read more...

Photo: The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies is housed within Bunche Hall. Department faculty took voted between Nov. 15 and Nov. 22 on whether to include Central American Studies in the department’s title. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Students describe lack of cultural sensitivity, accessibility at CAPS town hall

Students and representatives from several student government bodies requested that UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services implement cultural sensitivity trainings at a town hall Thursday. The town hall was hosted by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s general representative 1 and Student Wellness Commission offices. Read more...

Photo: General representative 1 Lalo Velazquez’s office and members of the Student Wellness Commission hosted a town hall Thursday so students could discuss issues they have had with Counseling and Psychological Services. (Tess Horowitz/Daily Bruin)


Documentary screening event takes deep dive into shark conservation and advocacy

Maria Korcsmaros was training for a triathlon off the coast of Corona del Mar, California in 2016 when she was attacked by a 9- to 10-foot-long great white shark. Read more...

Photo: David McGuire (left), a marine biologist and the director of Shark Stewards, a national nonprofit shark advocacy group, and Maria Korcsmaros (right), the group’s Southern California chair and a shark attack survivor, spoke at a film screening Wednesday. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin)


’10 Questions’ lecture highlights different definitions of community

UCLA professors used the shape of a circle as a symbol for the double-edged nature of community at a campus event Tuesday. Kevin Kane, a lecturer in world arts and cultures/dance, showed a photograph of people holding hands in a circle to begin to answer the question, “What is community?” at the eighth lecture of the “10 Questions: Centennial Edition” lecture series. Read more...

Photo: Panelists at the eighth lecture in the “10 Questions: Centennial Edition” lecture series discussed what makes a community and how communities can be both inclusive and exclusive. (Courtesy of UCLA Arts)



Ethnic studies forum examines model minorities and school segregation

erin Khuê Ninh, an associate professor of Asian American studies at UC Santa Barbara, told a story about a student who pretended he was at medical school at UC Irvine for five years. Read more...

Photo: Four UCLA faculty and visiting scholars presented their research at the Institute of American Cultures’ annual forum. The IAC has provided over $6 million in grants since its founding 50 years ago, said Roger Wakimoto, vice chancellor of research. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)


Event explores importance of international education, UCLA’s efforts in the area

This post was updated Nov. 21 at 5:00 p.m. Chancellor Gene Block said he thinks it is essential that UCLA remains a globally welcoming institution at a campus event Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block (right) spoke with Jayathi Murthy (left), the dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, about the importance of international studies at an event for UCLA’s International Education Week on Tuesday. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)



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