At a town hall meeting Monday, students called for the university to appoint a vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion who is culturally competent, creative and direct in addressing diversity issues. Read more...
Photo: Jazz Kiang, a third-year Asian American studies student, and Carole Goldberg, vice chancellor for academic personnel, hear feedback from students at a town hall about the vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion position. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
UCLA plans to appoint about 20 officers in various divisions and schools on campus to advise administrators on diversity issues and assist a new vice chancellor who will focus on diversity. Read more...
Hairs have grayed and voices have gotten thicker, but the memory of their time in India was fresh in the minds of the alumni at the UCLA Faculty Center on Sunday. Read more...
Photo: David Lund, one of organizers of Project India, spoke Sunday at the reception to celebrate a recently published book about the project. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block will answer questions about the future of the university in a free seminar on campus Monday afternoon. During the seminar, which will be held in the Neuroscience Research Building auditorium from noon to 1 p.m., Block will talk about the university’s budget, social topics concerning UCLA and challenges the university may face in the future, said seminar administrator Mark Weiner. Read more...
Manjot Singh covers his long hair in a turban every day as a physical manifestation of worship, a basic tenet of his Sikh faith. Because he wears a turban, the fourth-year global studies student said he sometimes thinks students on campus treat him differently or make unfair judgments about his religious beliefs. Read more...
The graduate student government will elect a new vice president of internal affairs this fall after Hope McCoy resigned from office on Sept. 18. To fill the position, Graduate Students Association forum members, who represent different graduate departments across campus, plan to elect a new officer by Nov. Read more...
Around noon on Wednesday, students and other organizers gathered in Bruin Plaza to protest what they call “mass incarceration, police terror and the criminalization of a generation.” Protestors recited “A Pledge of Resistance” for students to take a stand against the criminal justice system, which has, according to the protesters, committed abuses against certain population sectors. Read more...
