The Congo Basin Institute Club at UCLA provides Bruins with the opportunity to support environmental research conducted by UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute – both on campus and in Cameroon. Read more...
Photo: A flyer from the Congo Basin Institute Club at UCLA is pictured with plans and events. (Courtesy of Sophia Brown)
Community members documented the number of people experiencing homelessness in Westwood as part of a larger Los Angeles wide count Jan. 22. Both first-time volunteers and returners – including UCLA students and faculty – participated in the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, an annual three-day count of the amount of people experiencing homelessness within different LA communities. Read more...
Photo: A sign reads, “Welcome to the 2026 Homeless Count!” Volunteers helped document the amount of people experiencing homelessness within different LA communities throughout the annual count. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously approved a letter condemning increased immigration enforcement activity at its Jan. 27 meeting. USAC is the official undergraduate student government at UCLA. Read more...
This post was updated Feb. 1 at 10:11 p.m. UCLA Dining employees curate specialized playlists for diners to enjoy, from Epicuria at Covel’s European melodies to Bruin Plate’s upbeat soundtrack. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo. Design by Valerie Liman / Daily Bruin Staff)
This post was updated Feb. 1 at 9:51 p.m. Hundreds of people participated in a walkout Friday afternoon to protest increased immigration enforcement activity across the United States. Several student organizations planned the walkout, including Students for Socialism; the Student Labor Advocacy Project; and Improving Dreams, Equity, and Access at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: A crowd of people gathers at Bruin Plaza. UCLA students participated in a walkout Friday in protest of immigration enforcement activity. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
More than half of tested homes in Los Angeles county fire-impacted communities had unsafe contaminant levels one year after the January 2025 fires, a survivor advocacy group said at the first annual LA Fires Research Conference on Jan. Read more...
Photo: A professor in the department of environmental health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is pictured speaking at the event. The conference centered on the experiences of fire survivors from the January 2025 Los Angeles county fires. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 2 at 12:15 a.m. More than 200 people gathered at a Thursday vigil to honor people killed amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. The event – organized in part by the Afrikan Student Union, Bruin Democrats and members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council – was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Candles and flowers cover a patch of grass in Dickson Court South. UCLA community members gathered at a Thursday vigil to honor people killed amid the current deportation campaign. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
