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January 29, 12:20 pm

Center for Mexican Studies seeks to merge academic scholarship, community action

When Gaspar Rivera-Salgado became the director of the Center for Mexican Studies, he soon received invitations to collaborate with colleagues in Mexico and the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: Labor studies lecturer and Labor Center project director Gaspar Rivera-Salgado was appointed as director of the Center for Mexican Studies in July 2021. He is now working to connect academic researchers and universities across the U.S.-Mexico border and use the position to make a difference in political issues. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)

A Closer Look, Higher Education, Los Angeles, News

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January 26, 4:47 pm

‘We The Unhoused’ podcaster Theo Henderson takes on activist-in-residence position

Editor’s note: This article uses the descriptor “unhoused” to describe people experiencing homelessness to respect Theo Henderson’s preferred use of the term. Theo Henderson will become the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy’s 2022 activist-in-residence, a position first hosted in 2017 to improve academic understanding of social justice. Read more...

Photo: Theo Henderson hosts “We The Unhoused,” a podcast documenting stories of the unhoused people of Los Angeles and beyond. As an advocate for people who are unhoused, Henderson has been selected to be the newest activist-in-residence at the Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy. (Daily Bruin file photo)

A Closer Look, Higher Education, International, News

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January 21, 5:38 pm

UCLA professors host webinar series on water disputes in Nile River Basin

Two UCLA professors hope to foster interregional cooperation among countries following the rise of water management disputes in the Nile River Basin and seek sustainable solutions through a joint webinar series. Read more...

Photo: Professors from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the political science department collaborated to organize an interdisciplinary webinar series. The webinar invites fact-based debate on solutions to an ongoing international disagreement regarding the use of the Nile’s resources. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)

A Closer Look, International, News

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January 19, 7:55 pm

Zuriel Oduwole advocates for girls’ education via employment, entrepreneurship

Zuriel Oduwole woke up at 3 a.m. last quarter to take her final exams. The third-year cognitive science student was finishing her classes in Qatar – 11 hours ahead of Los Angeles – while speaking at the 2021 WISE Summit. Read more...

Photo: Zuriel Oduwole, a third-year cognitive science student, has been involved in fillmmaking and activism since the age of 9. Her activism has taken her around the world, as she most recently spoke at the 2021 WISE Summit in Qatar. (Courtesy of Qatar Foundation)

A Closer Look, News

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January 18, 12:23 am

Bruins evaluate COVID-19 protocols on campus amid rising cases

The proportion of young adults infected with COVID-19 is increasing across California, including at UCLA. With the surge of the omicron variant, many students have tested positive for the virus over winter break and expressed confusion about university infection protocols. Read more...

Photo: Students who tested positive for COVID-19 over winter break had a variety of experiences with the virus but expressed support for vaccination and university testing protocols as a countermeasure to the spread of infection. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)

A Closer Look, Campus, News

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January 13, 6:28 pm

Changing COVID-19 protocols complicate students’ plans to return to campus

This post was updated Jan. 18 at 12:29 a.m. Some students have expressed concerns about moving into the dorms amid online classes and changes from the university administration. Read more...

Photo: With looming uncertainty about how university protocols regarding COVID-19 may continue to change, some students felt conflicted about moving back to Westwood for the winter quarter. Students discuss weighing the hope for an upcoming return to in-person classes against the drawbacks of a campus where many amenities remain temporarily unavailable. (Megan Cai/Daily Bruin)

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January 12, 8:45 pm

UCLA professor partners with Indigenous communities for archaeology research

Groggy eyed, Stephen Acabado stepped off his 5 a.m. bus into Ifugao after his flight from the United States. “Hi Doc, good morning,” a stranger told him, he said. Read more...

Photo: Professor of archaeology and anthropology Stephen Acabado runs two archaeological projects in the Philippines. Acabado, who has been returning to the Philippines for his research for more than a decade, guides the projects to work with local Indigenous communities to study artifacts and piece together history. (Courtesy of Stephen Acabado)


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