This post was updated Oct. 13 at 1:45 p.m. Around 90 community members attended a vigil on campus Thursday that marked two years since Hamas’ Oct. Read more...
Photo: Candles and mirrors are placed on the Meyerhoff Park lawn. Multiple Jewish organizations hosted a vigil Thursday marking two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Oct. 9 at 10:46 p.m. A UCLA alumnus was taken into Israeli military custody while traveling on a ship attempting to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: A hallway in the UCLA School of Law is pictured. Emily Wilder, who attended a master’s of legal studies program at the UCLA School of Law from 2022-23, was taken into Israeli military custody while traveling on a ship attempting to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 8 at 12:49 a.m. Around 70 people attended a protest led by Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA on Tuesday afternoon that commemorated two years since the start of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Read more...
Photo: The demonstrators reached Bruin Plaza – a designated area for free expression under TPM – around 12:45 p.m. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated July 28 at 2:43 p.m. Sarira Namavar, a dual United States and Iranian citizen, said she suspected she would not be able to see her grandparents for at least four years after President Donald Trump began his second term. Read more...
Photo: Suitcases with luggage tags are pictured. UCLA students reacted with concern following President Donald Trump’s travel ban that restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the United States. (Andrew Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated July 6 at 8:01 p.m. Marianna Bezhanyan created art symbolizing Russian identity. The Russian government then labeled her as an “extremist.” Bezhanyan, a rising fourth-year design media arts student, said she decided to search her name around May on a public database after her friend Nikita Shekhovtsov found himself on a similar list. Read more...
Photo: Marianna Bezhanyan, a rising fourth-year design media arts student, stands in front of her painting displayed at an exhibition. Bezhanyan found herself on Russian government lists of people labeled “extremists” and “oppositionists” after creating political art. (Courtesy of Marianna Bezhanyan)
The former President of Armenia urged audiences not to overlook small nations, especially those leveraging their strategic leadership and innovation May 28. Armen Sarkissian, a physicist who served as Armenia’s president from 2018 to 2022, was the guest speaker for the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations’ annual Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace. Read more...
Photo: Former Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and Burkle Center director Kal Raustiala are pictured. The former President of Armenia urged audiences not to overlook small nations, especially those leveraging their strategic leadership and innovation May 28. (Zimo Li/Photo Editor)
This post was updated May 29 at 3:47 p.m. Editor’s note: The following piece contains mentions of persecution, which could be disturbing to some readers. Read more...
Photo: Jared McBride is pictured. The assistant history professor led a research cohort of undergraduate students that uncovered a list that included alleged war criminals who immigrated to Canada after World War II. (Celia Kebbeh/Daily Bruin)
