Wednesday, April 22


USAC increases proposed student fee for Universal Access Transit Pass referendum

This post was updated April 19 at 2:51 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously voted to increase the proposed student fee for the upcoming Universal Access Transit Pass referendum from $2.65 to $3.30 per quarter. Read more...

Photo: A Culver City bus is pictured. The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved a fee increase for the Universal Access Transit Pass referendum. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Five UCLA professors receive 2023 Guggenheim fellowships

Five UCLA professors were selected as 2023 Guggenheim fellows. The names of the 171 individuals selected as this year’s awardees were announced April 5 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Read more...

Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. Five UCLA professors were selected this year to be awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to support their research across a variety of fields. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA group completes ecology and evolutionary biology field quarter in Amazon

A group of around 20 UCLA ecology and evolutionary biology professors, graduate student teaching assistants and undergraduate students spent more than three weeks conducting research in the Peruvian Amazon basin. Read more...

Photo: UCLA students, teaching assistants and professors pose for a group photo in the Peruvian Amazon basin. The group spent more than three weeks studying wildlife at the Cocha Cashu Biological Station. (Courtesy of Greg Grether)


UCLA School of Law report reveals disparities faced by LGBTQ+ students of color

The Williams Institute – a public policy research institute at the UCLA School of Law – recently released a report highlighting the disparities that people with minority identities face in higher education settings. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Law is pictured. The School of Law’s Williams Institute recently released the findings of a report that sought to shed light on inequitable treatment faced by students of minority identities in higher education. (Daily Bruin file photo)



UCLA-led study discusses drought impacts on urban vegetation in coastal greater LA

A recent UCLA-led study revealed drought’s disproportionate impacts on urban vegetation in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in the coastal greater Los Angeles area. According to the study, lower-income neighborhoods, many of which have disproportionately large Black and Hispanic populations, have lost more greenness than affluent neighborhoods during dry periods. Read more...

Photo: A car drives by vegetation. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)