Los Angeles residents can now start voting in the primary municipal elections. The Los Angeles primary municipal election will be held on March 7 and feature primary elections for mayor, city attorney and city council members. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students can start voting in the Mar. 7 Los Angeles primary municipal elections. The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk mailed out absentee ballots earlier this week. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
The executive director of the UCLA Early Care and Education program will step down from her position in March, university officials announced in late January. Jayanti Tambe will leave the center March 20 to pursue a doctoral degree in transformative social change, according to a letter sent by university officials to faculty and student parents. Read more...
UCLA plans to open new low-cost housing apartments next year for underserved students. The housing project will be open to all students, but UCLA will reserve spaces for students from various groups under the Bruin Resource Center, including undocumented students, veterans and former foster youth, said Monroe Gorden Jr., interim vice chancellor of student affairs, in an interview with the Daily Bruin editorial board. Read more...
This post was updated Oct. 7 at 3:37 p.m. UCLA may soon have a campus-wide executive committee to address international student concerns. The Dashew Center and the undergraduate student government Committee of International Relations held the first-ever Dashew Community meeting Friday to discuss how to better identify and address issues foreign students face. Read more...
Photo: Student leaders and administration officials discussed creating a campus-wide committee to address international student issues at a meeting Friday. (Derek Yan/Daily Bruin)
Erin Debenport works with indigenous tribes in the Rio Grande Valley to help preserve their languages. But she has to keep her work a secret. Debenport, an assistant professor of linguistic and sociocultural anthropology who joined the UCLA faculty in fall 2016, said the tribes she works with are losing their languages because young people are not learning their native language. Read more...
Photo: Erin Debenport, an assistant professor of linguistic and sociocultural anthropology, works with indigenous tribes in the Rio Grande Valley and helps produce dictionaries, databases and curriculum to preserve their languages. (Courtesy of Erin Debenport)
Three professors discussed the recent refugee crises and the reasons behind common issues for refugees at a panel Thursday. UCLA Residential Life and WorldFest Series hosted “Where Do We Go? Read more...
Photo: (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
Five law professors discussed the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders at a panel Thursday. The professors participated in the event, “Trumping Democracy,” to discuss and clarify the president’s recent actions. Read more...
Photo: (Nick Kardan/Daily Bruin)
