The UCLA Academic Senate is currently accepting nominations for an annual award meant to honor students and faculty who promote an impartial and inclusive learning environment at UCLA. Read more...
Campus, News
|
February 26, 1:36 am
Academic Senate accepting nominees for annual diversity award
Campus, News, Student Government
|
February 25, 12:41 am
Students mobilize in response to divestment resolution
Students are mobilizing for and against a resolution that calls for divestment from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Undergraduate Students Association Council is set to vote Tuesday on the resolution, which asks for the University of California to divest from specific companies that the resolution claims are complicit in the human rights abuses of Palestinians. Read more...
Campus, News
|
February 25, 12:37 am
Interaxon inspires fifth-graders with science event
Fifth-grade student Robert Ibar stood at a table holding a steering wheel – a piece of a real race car. Ibar smiled widely as he talked about the color scheme he submitted for UCLA Racing’s 2014 competition car. Read more...
Photo: Interaxon, a UCLA student group, hosted an event on Monday to encourage elementary school students to be excited about science and pursuing a higher education. (Gaby Cabalza/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
|
February 25, 12:32 am
UCLA student law group seeks improved campus climate
The UCLA Black Law Students Association met with the law school dean Monday about possible ways to improve campus climate for students of color. Students in the association discussed a letter they drafted to Law School Dean Rachel Moran and a petition that they launched on Friday. Read more...
Campus, News
|
February 25, 12:31 am
Chancellor calls for diversity-related GE by end of 2014
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block called on faculty to establish a diversity-related general education requirement by the end of 2014, on Monday in an email to the campus community. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
|
February 24, 11:30 pm
Student input to be consulted in new library mug design
Students now have the opportunity to vote on a new design for a new UCLA library mug, which student leaders hope will reduce campus waste. Associated Students UCLA and Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commissioner Armen Hadjimanoukian organized the redesign process. Read more...
Photo: Students get to vote on what they would like to see on UCLA Library’s newest mug design. Courtesy of Armen Hadjimanoukian
Campus, News
|
February 24, 1:39 am
Samantha Power discusses importance of freedom of press in global conflicts
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power warned the UCLA community Sunday that there are growing dangers threatening the free press and thus the public’s ability to sufficiently understand global conflicts. Read more...
Photo: U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power gave a lecture Sunday night about emerging dangers to freedom of press worldwide. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin staff)