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November 6, 11:40 pm

Q&A: Director Anthony Friscia discusses ethos of UCLA first-year cluster program

Anthony Friscia, the director of the UCLA Cluster Program – a year-long general education program for first-year students – sat down with Daily Bruin reporter Caitlin Brockenbrow to discuss the goals for the program, budgetary challenges and upcoming changes. Read more...

Photo: Anthony Friscia, director of the cluster program and associate teaching professor in the department of integrative biology and physiology, is pictured in his office. Friscia said the program is often why students choose to attend UCLA and helps first-years connect with campus. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)

A Closer Look, Campus, News

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November 6, 5:33 pm

Día de los Muertos gathers community to honor Chicano activists, cultural legacy

This post was updated Nov. 6 at 11:31 p.m. Students and faculty gathered Oct. 28 for a Día de los Muertos event honoring Chicano activists and people impacted by immigration raids who have died. Read more...

Photo: Students and faculty gather at an Oct. 28 Día de los Muertos event held at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. The holiday is celebrated in Mexico and other Latin American countries, where participants commemorate the spirits of departed loved ones and welcome the return of their spirits with altars and other offerings. (Courtesy of UCLA CSRC)

A Closer Look, Academics, Campus, News

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November 3, 9:30 pm

Yeh Lab researches Dark-eyed Juncos, adaptation to urban environments

This post was updated Nov. 6 at 11:17 p.m. Most people would not think twice about seeing a bird on UCLA’s campus. However, for researchers in the Yeh Lab, many of the birds are anything but ordinary. Read more...

Photo: A Dark-eyed Junco, a kind of sparrow, is perched on a tree branch. The Yeh lab evaluates how Juncos respond and adapt to urban environments, particularly on UCLA’s campus. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A Closer Look, Campus, News, Westwood

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November 1, 9:14 pm

Couple beautifies Westwood by painting murals of flora and fauna on utility boxes

John Park and Julie Hunter are electrifying Westwood for years to come. Park, a muralist for nonprofit organization Beautify Earth who is married to Hunter, painted 14 utility boxes stretching from around Charles E. Read more...

Photo: A utility box with an illustration of a bird is pictured in front of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. UCLA Transportation and the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center oversaw a mural project in Westwood in preparation for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A Closer Look, Campus, News, Obituaries

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October 30, 11:46 pm

Former UCLA Labor Center director, workers’ rights advocate Kent Wong dies at 69

Kent Wong, the former director of the UCLA Labor Center and an advocate for workers’ rights, died Oct. 8. He was 69 years old. Wong was the director of the UCLA Labor Center from 1991 to 2023, during which he oversaw the 2021 development of its new MacArthur Park headquarters, said Toby Higbie, a professor of history and labor studies. Read more...

Photo: A photograph of Kent Wong, the former director of the UCLA Labor Center and an advocate for workers’ rights, is placed on a memorial altar. Wong died Oct. 8 at age 69. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)


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