California four-year colleges and universities will be forced to turn away over 100,000 college-ready students each year by 2030 because of capacity limits, according to a recent study. Read more...
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Campus, News
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November 25, 1:44 am
Chicana/o studies department votes on adding Central American Studies to name
This post was updated Nov. 25 at 2:56 p.m. The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies voted Nov. 15 to expand its name to include Central American studies. Read more...
Photo: The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies is housed within Bunche Hall. Department faculty took voted between Nov. 15 and Nov. 22 on whether to include Central American Studies in the department’s title. (Daily Bruin file photo)
News, Science & Health
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November 25, 12:51 am
State stem cell agency grants 3 UCLA scientists total of over $18 million
This post was updated Dec. 6 at 2:34 p.m. Three UCLA researchers collectively received over $18 million to develop and conduct clinical trials for stem-cell-based treatments. Read more...
Photo: Sophie Deng (left), Yvonne Chen (center), and Caroline Kuo (right) collectively received over $18 million to develop clinical trials for personalized medical treatments. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
News, Student Government
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November 24, 5:29 pm
USAC recap – Nov. 19
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
A Closer Look, Campus, News, Student Government
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November 22, 7:44 pm
Students describe lack of cultural sensitivity, accessibility at CAPS town hall
Students and representatives from several student government bodies requested that UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services implement cultural sensitivity trainings at a town hall Thursday. The town hall was hosted by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s general representative 1 and Student Wellness Commission offices. Read more...
Photo: General representative 1 Lalo Velazquez’s office and members of the Student Wellness Commission hosted a town hall Thursday so students could discuss issues they have had with Counseling and Psychological Services. (Tess Horowitz/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News, Science & Health
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November 22, 5:40 pm
Documentary screening event takes deep dive into shark conservation and advocacy
Maria Korcsmaros was training for a triathlon off the coast of Corona del Mar, California in 2016 when she was attacked by a 9- to 10-foot-long great white shark. Read more...
Photo: David McGuire (left), a marine biologist and the director of Shark Stewards, a national nonprofit shark advocacy group, and Maria Korcsmaros (right), the group’s Southern California chair and a shark attack survivor, spoke at a film screening Wednesday. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin)
News, Westwood
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November 21, 2:59 pm
Westwood Village Improvement Association recap – Nov. 21
The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide the Village with functions the city of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...