This post was updated Jan. 24 at 6:51 p.m. Alan Vargas hopes UCLA will live up to his expectations when he comes to campus in the fall. Read more...
Photo: Some students are excited for a possible return to campus this fall. Others, however, are concerned for their safety. (Daily Bruin file photo)
From Jackie Robinson to Cindy Montañez, many Bruins have historically been on the frontlines in taking initiative for social justice issues. Some Bruins are following in their footsteps, using their voices to make change. Read more...
Photo: Kristen Choi, a pediatric psychiatric nurse and assistant nursing professor, uses her research in mental health to uplift vulnerable populations. (Courtney Quirmbach/Daily Bruin)
This post was last updated Jan. 16 at 5:58 p.m. Some Indonesians have been moved to tears when they learn about the true history of mass violence in their country, said Elizabeth Mulyani, an Indonesian artist based in Belgium. Read more...
Photo: Co-authors Geoffrey Robinson (top left), a history professor at the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and Douglas Kammen (right), a Southeast Asian studies associate professor at the National University of Singapore, have been building a visual archive of Indonesia’s 1965-1966 anti-communist purge since 2016. With the help of Belgium-based artist Elisabeth Mulyani (bottom left), they have collected around 2,000 images. (Clockwise from top left: Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin, courtesy of Dr. Kammen, Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin)
The art for this post was updated Jan. 11 at 6:48 p.m. Dave McNary was the backbone of each newsroom he was a part of – from the Daily Bruin to Variety. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Dave McNary)
Emergency physician Kimon Ioannides won’t hold a party with his colleagues despite receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Although COVID-19 vaccines arrived at UCLA Health, some health care workers at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, like Ioannides, remain cautious. Read more...
Photo: Although emergency physician Kimon Ioannides received a COVID-19 vaccine, he remains wary. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)
This article was updated Jan. 10 at 4:42 p.m. News of riots at the U.S. Capitol distracted Vedant Sathye from his classes Wednesday. Sathye, a third-year computer science student, said he tried to multitask, swapping back-and-forth between his lectures and watching the news. Read more...
Photo: One student couldn’t focus on school and another was disheartened after hearing the news about Wednesday’s riots in Washington, D.C. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
The UCLA Athletics community remembers Olympian and humanitarian Rafer Johnson for his actions on and off the track, the field and the court. Johnson, who was also a UCLA alumnus, died at his home in Sherman Oaks, California on Dec. Read more...
Photo: Olympian, humanitarian and UCLA alumnus Rafer Johnson passed away Dec. 2. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
