This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:25 p.m. The federal government is racing to fund recovery efforts as wildfires ravage Los Angeles. Since Tuesday, fires in the region have burned over 40,000 acres of land and destroyed over 12,000 structures, leaving thousands without homes and in need of assistance. Read more...
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UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science was selected as the home for the new Center for Education of Microchip Designers. The center was federally funded by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, which was enacted by the Biden-Harris administration. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is pictured here. It will serve as a federally-funded home for the new Center for Education of Microchip Designers. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UC reached an agreement with the United States Department of Education on Friday, resolving nine open investigations over anti-Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, Palestinian and Arab discrimination allegations. Read more...
Photo: Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters rally in Dickson Plaza. The United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and the UC reached an agreement to resolve nine investigations into discrimination allegations under Title VI. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA faculty expressed mixed reactions to the outcome of the 2024 presidential election and predictions for the incoming administration. Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump defeated Democratic nominee and sitting Vice President Kamala Harris with 312 electoral votes to 226, winning close races in seven key battleground states and the popular vote. Read more...
Photo: Bunche Hall, which is home to the political science and economics departments at UCLA, is pictured. UCLA professors said the economy, inflation and immigration were central factors in the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A recent UCLA study found that cultural and political conflict is costing American public schools more than just time. American school districts have spent roughly $3.2 billion toward resolving tensions over how political issues are taught in educational spaces in the 2023-2024 school year, according to the study. Read more...
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As election results trickled in Nov. 5, UCLA students gathered to watch in Pauley Pavillion. BruinsVote – a nonpartisan group led by the Undergraduate Students Association Council and Graduate Student Association – hosted the event, which featured food, drinks and large screens for attendees to watch election results. Read more...
Photo: Students watch election results at a watch party in Pauley Pavilion. BruinsVote, a nonpartisan organization led by student government organizations, held the watch party Nov. 5.(Jessica Allen/Daily Bruin)
A mental health street team helped students handle Election Day stress outside Ackerman Union on Nov. 5. Octave, a mental health service with a clinic based in Westwood, organized outreach teams outside UCLA voting centers at both Ackerman Union and the Hammer Museum on Election Day, providing resources such as breathing exercises and access to therapy to help students manage their political stress. Read more...
Photo: Students follow the results of the Nov. 5 general election at an election night watch party. Experts from Octave – a mental health service with a clinic based in Westwood – said the election can cause stress for community members. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
