This post was updated June 20 at 3:06 p.m. UCLA’s new Latinx Success Center aims to support the university’s Latino community. The center, located in De Neve Birch, was established following a 2022 recommendation from UCLA’s Hispanic-Serving Institution Task Force. Read more...
Photo: People pose for a photo while demonstrating a ribbon-cutting at the opening of the Latinx Success Center. The center was launched March 31. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The former President of Armenia urged audiences not to overlook small nations, especially those leveraging their strategic leadership and innovation May 28. Armen Sarkissian, a physicist who served as Armenia’s president from 2018 to 2022, was the guest speaker for the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations’ annual Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace. Read more...
Photo: Former Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and Burkle Center director Kal Raustiala are pictured. The former President of Armenia urged audiences not to overlook small nations, especially those leveraging their strategic leadership and innovation May 28. (Zimo Li/Photo Editor)
This post was updated June 4 at 9:48 p.m. Ahead of his Thursday inauguration, UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk spoke with National News and Higher Education editor Alexandra Crosnoe and News editor Dylan Winward to discuss his experience in higher education and tenure to date. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk is pictured. Frenk, whose inauguration is on Thursday, discussed with the Daily Bruin his experience working in higher education and tenure to date. (Video still by Carolina Barsakov/Daily Bruin)
Charles Zachary “C.Z.” Wilson, UCLA’s former vice chancellor for academic affairs, died Nov. 21, 2024. He was 95. Wilson served as vice chancellor for academic affairs for 14 years and was the highest-ranking Black person to become a senior academic administrator at the University during his tenure. Read more...
Photo: Charles Zachary “C.Z.” Wilson, the university’s former vice chancellor for academic affairs, is pictured. A former professor in UCLA’s Graduate Program in Education, Wilson died Nov. 21, 2024 at age 95. (Courtesy of the UCLA Black Alumni Association)
Raffi Simonian wanted to give students experience in solving real-world business and technology problems. That’s why he decided to lead the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges – hands-on projects where student teams try to solve real world issues in fields like data science, marketing, e-commerce and sales – said Simonian, the program’s director. Read more...
Photo: Simonian presenting the format of the 2023 Fall Innovation Challenge to students interested in participating. Simonian leads the UCLA Epicenter, which partners with companies to create quarterly Innovation Challenges. (Courtesy of UCLA Epicenter)
Maya Abdallah stopped eating May 9 in support of Palestine. Eight days later, she left campus in an ambulance after losing consciousness from hunger. Abdallah, a third-year film and television student, went on a hunger strike to demand that the university divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and disclose its financial investments. Read more...
Photo: Maya Abdallah, a third-year film and television student, wears a shirt marking the seventh day of her hunger strike. Abdallah went on a nine-day hunger strike to demand that the university divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and disclose its investments. (Courtesy of Maya Abdallah)
This post was updated May 29 at 3:47 p.m. Editor’s note: The following piece contains mentions of persecution, which could be disturbing to some readers. Read more...
Photo: Jared McBride is pictured. The assistant history professor led a research cohort of undergraduate students that uncovered a list that included alleged war criminals who immigrated to Canada after World War II. (Celia Kebbeh/Daily Bruin)
