This post was updated July 13 at 8:27 p.m. Mary Grace Stevens said she felt alone after coming to UCLA as a first-generation and low-income student. Read more...
Photo: Posters of student-initiated retention and access programs are pictured. Campus Life, a division of Student Affairs, laid off five of the programs’ project directors in June in response to federal anti-diversity, equity and inclusion directives. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated July 6 at 7:49 p.m. Aleph, UCLA’s only official undergraduate research journal for the humanities, arts and social sciences, was two weeks away from printing its final volume of the academic year when student editors learned the journal would lose all of its funding from the university. Read more...
Photo: A website for Aleph, UCLA’s only official undergraduate research journal for the humanities, arts and social sciences, is pictured. The journal will enter a new era as a student organization without financial support from the university. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated July 6 at 8:01 p.m. Marianna Bezhanyan created art symbolizing Russian identity. The Russian government then labeled her as an “extremist.” Bezhanyan, a rising fourth-year design media arts student, said she decided to search her name around May on a public database after her friend Nikita Shekhovtsov found himself on a similar list. Read more...
Photo: Marianna Bezhanyan, a rising fourth-year design media arts student, stands in front of her painting displayed at an exhibition. Bezhanyan found herself on Russian government lists of people labeled “extremists” and “oppositionists” after creating political art. (Courtesy of Marianna Bezhanyan)
This post was updated Sept. 25 at 4:13 p.m. A UCLA professor of geography was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in April. Marilyn Raphael is a leading scientist in Antarctic climate and ocean atmospheric interactions around Antarctica, said Laura Landrum, a project scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Read more...
Photo: Marilyn Raphael was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in April. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Students and faculty discussed how technological developments impact human rights and democracy at the DataX Impact Forum in May. The event – titled “Beyond Broligarchy: The Fight for a Better Future” – featured an hour-long conversation between Cory Doctorow, a journalist and science fiction author, and Ramesh Srinivasan, a professor at the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies. Read more...
Photo: Murphy Hall is pictured. The DataX Impact Forum is located in Murphy Hall. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated June 25 at 9:17 p.m. Gina Osborne thought vegetables could not grow without soil. But at the Tower Gardens on the Sproul Landing Sun Deck, she does just that. Read more...
Photo: The Tower Gardens on the Sproul Landing Sun Deck are pictured. The towers, installed in 2017, use an aeroponic system that consumes 90% less water than traditional farming. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Speakers called on graduating seniors to embrace UCLA’s values amid recent political challenges at annual College of Letters and Science commencement ceremonies Friday. The ceremonies, which took place 11 a.m., 3 p.m. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduates celebrate at an annual College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony Friday. The ceremonies included musical performances and speeches. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
