UCLA appointed public health professor Vickie Mays to a new position to advise the Chancellor on issues affecting the Black community. Chancellor Gene Block announced Monday that Mays, a professor in the School of Public Health, will serve as the special advisor to the chancellor on Black life. Read more...
Photo: Vickie Mays, a public health professor, will serve as advisor to the chancellor on issues related to the Black community at UCLA, effective immediately.(Daily Bruin file photo)
Melody Satele is normally the sole Pacific Islander student in her classes. Satele tries her best to include the perspective of her community in discussions whenever she is the lone Pacific Islander representative — especially in conversations about social justice, which she said often ignore Pacific Islander issues. Read more...
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The undergraduate student government is recruiting campus organizations to join a board to advise the student government’s policies. The Congressional Advisory Board, which was formed over the summer, is made up of student groups from around campus, such as the Afrikan Student Union, Samahang Pilipino and the Transfer Leadership Coalition. Read more...
Photo: The Congressional Advisory Board is a body of student organizations that will advise the Undergraduate Students Association Council on its policies.
The 2020 Census’ accelerated timeline may harm low-income individuals and people of color, UCLA faculty said. The census is a nationwide survey that counts the total number of persons in the U.S. Read more...
Photo: The 2020 Census date may undercount people of color and low-income communities, UCLA professors said. (Nico Hy/Daily Bruin)
A visiting UCLA researcher was charged with destroying evidence to obstruct an FBI investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. Guan Lei, a visiting researcher from China who studied mathematics, allegedly destroyed a computer hard drive while he was under an FBI investigation, according to an affidavit written by FBI special agent Timothy Hurt, who investigated Lei beginning in July. Read more...
Photo: A visiting UCLA researcher was charged with destroying evidence, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
Some students strengthened their relationships with faith by dedicating extra free time amid the COVID-19 pandemic to self-reflection and religious practices. Ben Michelson, a third-year psychology student who is Jewish, did not realize how much he relied on his Jewish community for support until the pandemic hit. Read more...
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Lily Shaw was going to change the world. “Everyone that knew Lily knew she was going to change the world, because she had the power, knowledge and drive to do it,” said Andy Mansur, Shaw’s close friend and a third-year psychology student. Read more...
Photo: Lily Shaw, a recent graduate, died on Aug. 19 at the age of 22. (From left to right: photos courtesy of the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Facilities Commission, Johana Guerra Martinez, the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Facilities Commission, Brittany Craig; photo illustration by Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
