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Los Angeles, National, News

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April 9, 10:07 pm

UCLA professor emeritus Judith Baca receives 2021 National Medal of Arts

The White House honored Judith Baca with one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for artistic excellence March 21. President Joe Biden awarded Baca – professor emeritus of Chicano/a and Central American Studies and world arts and cultures – the 2021 National Medal of Arts alongside 21 other individuals and two organizations. Read more...

Photo: A placard displaying Judy Baca’s name and the title of her mural is pictured. Baca received an award for artistic excellence for her work in public art and storytelling. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)

Campus, News

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April 9, 10:06 pm

Administrators prohibit depictions of UCLA from student film about activism

UCLA administrators prevented UCLA’s Film and Photography Society from making a historical film about UCLA student activism with any information identifying the UCLA brand. The film, prospectively titled “Good Morning Murphy Hall,” sought to depict the anti-war protest efforts at UCLA following the Persian Gulf War and United States troop mobilization in the Middle East. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Film and Photography Society was denied approval to portray the university in a short film about a 1991 student protest (pictured). (Daily Bruin file photo)

News, Westwood

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April 9, 10:00 pm

April edition of First Thursdays introduces Arts Avenue to Westwood

More than 3,800 Bruins and Westwood community members gathered for an artistic take on the First Thursdays block party to kick off spring quarter. Live music, interactive community projects, food trucks and immersive art installations turned Broxton Avenue into Arts Avenue for April’s edition of the community-oriented celebration. Read more...

Photo: Community members paint on a canvas as part of the Community Collaboration booth at First Thursdays’ Arts Avenue. (Grace Wilson/Daily Bruin)

Campus, News

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April 6, 11:29 pm

UCLA updates COVID guidelines, scales back test collection across campus

UCLA will update its COVID-19 protocols and discontinue multiple testing distribution and vending machine locations, the university announced in a campuswide email Wednesday. The changes align with the new Los Angeles County Department of Health COVID-19 guidelines released in March. Read more...

Photo: (Michael Vigman/Daily Bruin) A COVID-19 test vending machine is pictured. UCLA will discontinue multiple vending machine and collection box locations on April 14.

News, Westwood

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April 6, 11:28 pm

North Westwood Neighborhood Council to return to in-person meetings after 3 years

The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is set to return to in-person meetings April 19 after three years of online meetings. California reinforced the Ralph M. Brown Act – which requires all public commissions, councils and governmental bodies conducting business to meet in person – on Feb. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is Weyburn Terrace. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is set to return to in-person meetings April 19 after three years of conducting meetings over Zoom. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Campus, International, News, Student Government

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April 6, 11:18 pm

USAC passes Armenian solidarity resolution urging awareness, support from UCLA

The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously passed a resolution March 14 in solidarity with the Armenians of Artsakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, which implored UCLA to denounce anti-Armenian sentiment and support Armenian students. Read more...

Photo: People gather around candles in front of Powell Library. The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution in support of the Armenians of Artsakh. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)


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