UCLA saw a drop in freshman applicants for the second year in a row, according to University of California data released Tuesday. Freshman applications for fall 2020 dropped 2.2%, from 111,266 to 108,837, following a 2.1% decrease for fall 2019. Read more...
Photo: UCLA freshman applications dropped by 2.2% for fall 2020, the second consecutive year that applications have decreased, according to preliminary applications data from the University of California. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Feb. 6 at 1:25 p.m. A trash fire broke out Thursday morning between the Biomedical Sciences Research Building in South Campus and Boyer Hall. Read more...
Photo: A trash fire broke out between the Biomedical Sciences Research Building and Boyer Hall on Thursday morning.(MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA established a new immigration law center Wednesday with a $5 million alumna donation. The UCLA School of Law launched the Center for Immigration Law and Policy with a pledge from Alicia Miñana, a School of Law alumna, and her husband Rob Lovelace, according to a university press release. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Law opened the Center for Immigration Law and Policy with an alumna and her husband’s donation. The center will investigate changing U.S. immigration policy and the migrant asylum process. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Famed animal behavior expert and conservationist Jane Goodall will speak at UCLA on April 1. Tickets for the lecture have already sold out. Goodall will deliver the Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership at Royce Hall. Read more...
Photo: Celebrated conservationist Jane Goodall will be a guest lecturer at UCLA on April 1 at the Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership in Royce Hall. Tickets for the event have sold out. (Creative Commons photo by Jeekc via Wikipedia Creative Commons)
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)
