French students at UCLA may live more than 5,000 miles away from their country, but many still find themselves invested in the events of the French presidential election. Read more...
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April 30, 11:54 pm
ELP symposium discusses future of education, immigration policies
Activists for undocumented students and workers temporarily disrupted an education symposium focused on immigration Saturday morning. About 10 protesters, wearing white and bearing the word “sanctuary” written on parts of their bodies, shouted over Chancellor Gene Block as he tried to deliver his welcome speech to teachers, principals and other school administrators at the Educational Leadership Program symposium, “Moving Forward in Education: Responding to the Challenges of the Next Four Years.” “Emails, emails, you’re on top, sanctuary now or we won’t stop,” the protesters chanted. Read more...
Photo: Activists calling on UCLA to adopt sanctuary policies sang in solidarity with undocumented immigrants outside an educational leadership symposium discussing the impact President Donald Trump’s immigration policies will have on immigration and education. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
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April 30, 11:54 pm
UCLA law professor, students win Supreme Court case through clinic program
This post was updated on May 2 at 1 p.m. On the morning of April 19, law professor Stuart Banner returned from an early morning run to hundreds of emails, voicemails and text messages congratulating him for winning a Supreme Court case. Read more...
Photo: UCLA law professor Stuart Banner successfully argued a case about restitution with the help of students in his Supreme Court Clinic course at the UCLA School of Law. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin staff)
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April 28, 12:33 am
Anderson duo’s startup K POP Foods offers taste of Korean culture
Theo Lee begins to introduce himself slowly in a grayscale video on his startup’s Kickstarter page when his grandmother suddenly pops up on the screen. “Theo, are you trying to bore them to death?” his grandmother says in Korean. Read more...
Photo: Mike Kim and Theo Lee developed a Korean hot sauce product they hope to market in the United States. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)
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April 28, 12:32 am
UCLA students study acidification of kelp in Santa Monica Bay
One month ago, Ariel Pezner spent nine hours straight aboard a research vessel in the Santa Monica Bay, circulating the waves above an underwater kelp forest. Read more...
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April 28, 12:31 am
Former chief economic adviser Jason Furman gives lecture at UCLA
This article was updated April 28 at 9:57 a.m. The former chief economic adviser for President Barack Obama juggled apples to close a lecture at UCLA on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Jason Furman, President Barack Obama’s former chief economist, delivered the 2017 Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development at UCLA on Thursday. (Farida Saleh/Daily Bruin)
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April 27, 12:10 am
New tax verification options make FAFSA process easier for applicants
People applying for financial aid at colleges and universities will have new options to verify their tax information, the U.S. Department of Education announced Monday. In March, the Internal Revenue Service suspended its Data Retrieval Tool because of security and identity theft concerns. Read more...